Q COSTA RICA — The Juzgado Penal de Pavas (Pavas Criminal Court) has closed the complaint filed by Laura Fernández, then a presidential candidate for the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), over an alleged listening device found in her campaign office...

Q TRAVEL — Traveling by bus is drawing interest from tourists who want to visit several Central American destinations without stretching their vacation budgets. The appeal lies not just in the ticket price, but in the total cost of a trip—includi...

Q COSTA RICA —Costa Rica’s apparent rice consumption rose to 270,594 metric tons in the 2024–2025 rice year, its highest level in more than two decades, according to the National Rice Corporation (CONARROZ). The total was 17,039 metric tons—m...

Q COSTA RICA — Organized crews are using leaked shipping data to target trucks, move stolen goods through a network of warehouses and resellers, and, in some cases, exploit captured containers to smuggle drugs. Cargo theft in Costa Rica is no longe...

Q COSTA RICA — Just five days after Costa Rica’s new Centro de Alta Contención y Crimen Organizado (CACCO)—Center for High Containment and Organized Crime—received its first inmates, prison officers found improvised weapons and other unautho...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s Fire Department (Bomberos) selected the most expensive offer in an emergency procurement for 40 ambulances, citing the bidder’s faster delivery timeline. A week after awarding the contract, though, the department req...

Q COSTA RICA — Cloud cover and rain will prevail across the country this Tuesday, November 3, primarily in the Pacific region, the Central Valley, and mountainous areas. During the morning, downpours accompanied by lightning are expected over the m...

RICO’s Q — Normally, I don’t post about Trump, but I couldn’t resist this one—especially given the timing: Election Day for the midterms. Iran displayed a giant billboard in Tehran bearing the words “We will kill Trump,” escalating ...

Q COSTA RICA — As expected, the sharp increase adjustment to fuel prices approved by the regulatory authority last week was published this Tuesday in the official government newsletter, La Gaceta. The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos...

Q COSTA RICA — The expanded San José–San Ramón road corridor (Ruta 1) will feature surveillance cameras and radar units at intervals of at least 1.5 kilometers, as part of a system designed to monitor traffic flow, measure traffic volume, and d...