Ballots for the midterm elections are scheduled to be emailed from Town Clerks and Voting officials all over the United States to U.S. citizens living outside of the United States, including Costa Rica. The procedures for voting and returning a ballo...

Q COSTA RICA — On September 14, the country celebrated patriotic events, with Cartago serving as the focal point for the arrival of the “Antorcha de la Libertad” (Freedom Torch)—a tradition dating back 205 years. However, what was not...

RICO’s Q — Shameful. During an interaction with citizens protesting security restrictions—such as requiring identification to access public areas— at an official Independence Day event in Cartago, former president and Minister of the Pres...

Q COSTA RICA — While Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua celebrate their independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. Panama does not. Panama sits at the southern edge of Central America, but when the region marks its inde...

Q COSTA RICA — President Laura Fernández announced on Sunday that the planned budget cut for the Judiciary for 2027 will be ¢11 billion, rather than the ¢27 billion initially reported by the Ministry of Finance. During her Sunday national broadc...

Q COSTA RICA — Limón could become the site of the Quantum AI Free Zone Campus, a data center complex, the country’s first data center specifically designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and hyperscale computing. The campus will be built o...

Q COSTA RICA — Fuel prices will see a significant increase in October, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE)—the Costa Rican refinery that refines nothing—announced on Saturday. This will be a significant hike in gasoline prices tw...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance has launched an administrative process that could result in the dismissal of 36 officials accused of using software to create the appearance of performing their duties while working from home. T...

Q COSTA RICA — A large majority of Costa Ricans believe that former President and current super Minister, Rodrigo Chaves, maintains significant influence over the decisions made by President Laura Fernández during her first 100 days in office, acc...

Q COSTA RICA — On Thursday, we learned that Western Union plans to move some of its operations from Costa Rica to Guatemala, Lithuania, and the Philippines. An employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the main reason for the relocation wa...