Q COSTARICA — The so-called “summer” or “dry” season didn’t really show up this year, but the “rainy” season is just around the corner. According to the experts, meteorologists from the national weather service...

Q COSTARICA — Considering them a threat to national security, the government of Rodrigo Chaves has declared Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthi movement in Yemen, among others,...

Q COSTARICA — Traditionally, the transfer of power on May 8 every four years has been held at 1:00 p..m.; however, this year Laura Fernandez will receive the presidential sash from Rodrigo Chaves at 11:00 a.m. The reason given by the Comisión del ...

Q COSTARICA — The Middle East conflict, more specifically the war between the United States and Iran, will result in a sharp increase in the price of gasoline in Costa Rica in May. On Wednesday, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope)—...

RICO’s Q — At least six Nicaraguans, whom the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo had banned from returning to Nicaragua after traveling abroad, have received emails from the Ministry of the Interior (MINT) informing them that t...

Q COSTARICA — The National Financial System (Sistema Financiero Nacional) has maintained adequate levels of solvency and liquidity in recent years, but faces areas of risk in consumer lending, according to the Central Bank’s 2025 Annual Finan...

As summer temperatures rise, households across the country are facing soaring utility bills. The cost of electricity, in particular, has reached record highs in many regions, prompting homeowners and renters alike to look for ways to keep their homes...

Q COSTARICA — On April 7, 2022, a Boeing 757-200 cargo plane operated by DHL Aero Expresso took off from Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela, headed for Guatemala City. The aircraft, registered in Panama as HP-2010DAE and crewed by t...

Q COSTARICA — Fuel and food prices are expected to rise in Costa Rica in the coming weeks due to the war in the Middle East. On Tuesday, the price of a barrel of WTI crude, the benchmark for the national economy, reached US$112, compared to US$67 i...

Q COSTARICA — Road safety in Costa Rica faces structural challenges. This is evidenced by the Estudio de Movilidad Segura 2025 (Safe Mobility Study 2025), an analysis that provides a snapshot of road accidents in the country between 2012 and 2024 a...