Q COSTA RICA —  After Caroline Heaviland, a 75-year-old American acupuncturist, was found murdered in her home in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, in August; California surfer and Hotel Puerto Viejo owner Kurt Van Dyke was killed during a violent home inv...

Q COSTA RICA — As Costa Rican businesses gear up for Black Friday, Christmas and New Year, many bring on temporary staff to handle more customers and sales. But a short-term contract does not mean fewer workplace rights, labor lawyer María Marta S...

Q COSTA RICA — Prison officers at Costa Rica’s new high-security facility, the High Containment and Organized Crime, known by its Spanish acronym CACCO, have seized handmade playing cards, improvised clotheslines, pieces of sandals and a small ba...

Q COSTA RICA — A Constitutional Court (Sala IV) order has blocked a second-round vote before November 29, intensifying a dispute over whether the proposed cuts could disrupt the judiciary. If Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly fails to secure enou...

Q COSTA RICA — Acting on an urgent request for an interim measure filed by Patricia Vargas, President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Constitutional Court, or Sala IV as it is commonly known, ordered legislators on Monday to suspend the second...

Q24N — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega appeared in public in Managua on Monday, November 9, for the first time in 68 days, ending his longest absence from public events since returning to power in 2007. He looked weak and walked with difficulty ...

RICO’s Q — No, no misprint in the headline. Drivers, starting today, Tuesday, November 10, will pay ¢1 less per liter for fuel, due to an adjustment to the single tax. These are the new prices, published this Monday in La Gaceta: Super gasol...

Q COSTA RICA — Banks and other financial institutions must notify clients within one minute whenever funds move in their accounts, according to the banking Superintendency, the Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras (SUGEF). The SUGEF, a...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica has taken the top global spot in the 2026–2027 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, winning Gold in the “Most Desirable Country (Worldwide)” category. The British travel magazine announced the result in London, where its...

Q COSTA RICA (Nicaragua) — Nicaraguan families are facing renewed pressure as food and other basic expenses rise faster than wages, according to a recent report by the Fundación Sin Límites. The country’s inflation rate reached 4% between Janua...