Costa Rica News
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:43:08 +0000Rodrigo Chaves visits El Salvador
Q COSTARICA — Days ahead of the historic vote in Costa Rica, where he could be stripped of his immunity, President Rodrigo Chaves, is chumming it up with his counterpart in El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Chaves arrived in El Salvador on Thursday to mee...
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:28:48 +0000A train service completely out of touch
RICO’s Q — Costa Rica’s commuter train has the potential to be a major solution for the daily gridlock choking the Gran Área Metropolitana (GAM). But instead of easing traffic headaches, it’s often a source of frustration. Delays and ser...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:01:14 +0000A cheap dollar is an illusion that ends up costing the economy dearly
Q COSTARICA — Between June 2022 and March of this year, individuals and businesses that receive their income in dollars saw their earnings decrease by almost 30% due to the appreciation of the colón against the dollar. While it’s true that t...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:02:29 +0000Reducin traffic jams using your mobile phone is possible
Q COSTARICA — Reducing traffic congestion with your mobile phone in the event of a collision is indeed possible. Given that the vast majority of collisions result solely in vehicle damage, you can use your mobile phone to record a video of the vehi...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:48:14 +0000A new cold front will affect Costa Rica starting this Wednesday: IMN forecasts winds of up to 80 km/h and rain
Q COSTARICA — Cold front No. 5 will enter Costa Rica today, Wednesday, and its effects will continue through Friday and even into Saturday, confirmed the national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN). According to Pablo Sola...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:42:58 +0000Men overwhelmingly support Laura Fernández; women lean towards Álvaro Ramos and Claudia Dobles
Q COSTARICA — The Institute of Social Studies in Population (Idespo) at the National University (UNA) analyzed the profile of those supporting the leading presidential candidates in the polls. In the case of Laura Fernández, candidate for the Pueb...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:38:01 +0000Laura fastest-growing candidate, Chaves talked about more, and Claudia showed signs of life
Q COSTARICA — A Game of Numbers. It was relatively quiet on Monday. There were no resignations, no raids, no institutional fires, and no conferences with fresh insults to jot down. It was a “relaxed” day, even in the Assembly, so we can calmly ...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:23:48 +0000Honduras marks one week post-election without knowing who its new president will be
Q24N — The lack of definitive results keeps Honduras in uncertainty, days after the November 30 general elections. The vote count continues to be hampered by slow processing of tally sheets and repeated system outages. Adding to this situation are ...
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:02:43 +0000Festival of Light brings closures and regulated access to San José city
Q COSTARICA — Planning to be in San José this weekend? The San José Municipality’s Festival de la Luz is happening on Saturday, but the parade floats will start rolling along Paseo Colón from 10 pm on Friday. The first three blocks of Pase...
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:47:38 +0000Poás Volcano records 24 recent earthquakes and maintains active surface magma
Q COSTARICA — The Poás volcano registered 24 volcano-tectonic earthquakes between December 3 and 4, a number higher than what is considered normal, as confirmed by the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico (OVSICORI)—Volcanological and Seis...