Q COSTARICA (iNFOBAE) On the night of April 1, 1857, the inhabitants of the Central Valley in Costa Rica observed a rare phenomenon: a chondritic meteorite impacted the city of Heredia, an event that transformed the town into a point of interest for ...

Q COSTARICA — The illicit drugs seized in recent days in Nicaragua allegedly originated in Costa Rica and even crossed border controls, which include scanners, according to Guatemalan truck driver Juan José Ríos Trujillo, who was arrested as part...

Q COSTARICA (BBC Mundo) While the Nordic countries have long dominated the United Nations World Happiness Index, 2026 brings a surprise. For the first time in the index’s 14-year history, a country from the Americas has entered the top five, th...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica took an unprecedented step in its commercial history by completing its first export of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. On March 13, the company Hybrida Farms, in Cartago, shipped a consignment to Europe, marking the begi...

Q COSTARICA — The Clodomiro Picado Institute (ICP) of the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) announced the launch of the free mobile application “ICP App”, which makes it easier for people to identify the 25 venomous snakes found in the co...

Q COSTARICA — The exchange rate in Costa Rica continues to decline, and there is no certainty about the levels it will reach in the coming months. Given this scenario, companies must manage foreign exchange risk, an action that will allow them to a...

Q REPORTS (EFE) The European Union (EU) has reacted to the tariff chaos unleashed a year ago by Donald Trump by accelerating its search for new partners and modifying the trade agreement initially reached between Brussels and Washington to include a ...

Q COSTARICA — The price of a gallon of premium gasoline in Central America shows significant differences in March 2026, highlighting contrasts in energy policies, import costs, and tax burdens among countries. According to regional data compiled fr...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica and Panama took another step toward transportation integration by signing a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the development of their railway projects. The agreement was signed between the Instituto Costarricense...

Q COSTARICA — Without hiding their relationship, legislator-elect for the Pueblo Soberano (PPSO) party, José Miguel Villalobos, and lawyer for President Rodrigo Chaves, has acknowledged his sadness over the arrest last week of his friend Carlos So...