Costa Rica News

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:48:33 +0000
World Bank says Costa Rica is no longer “Upper-Middle-Income” and has become a “High-Income” country
Q COSTA RICA — According to the World Bank’s 2024 measurements, Costa Rica has transitioned from the “upper-middle-income” category to the “high-income” group of countries. The international organization made this ...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:32:06 +0000
Yellow fever vaccination campaign to be held at the National Stadium
Q COSTARICA — Travelling without presenting a yellow fever vaccination certificate is the aim of the new campaign by the Ministry of Health to be held this month, given the limited availability of doses in the private market and the increase in...

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:25:15 +0000
Melbet Partners: Building a Scalable Income Stream in the Betting Industry
In today’s digital world, affiliate marketing has gone far beyond basic banner ads and random referrals. It has evolved into a data-driven business model, where precision, targeting, and analysis are key. And when it comes to combining these elemen...

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:18:15 +0000
Meet Costa Rica’s presidential candidates for the 2026 elections
Q COSTARICA — On February 1, 2026, in seven months, Costa Ricans will be deciding at the polls who will be the next president of Costa Rica. Although it is still too early to predict a winner, it is clear that none of the candidates are ruled o...

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:08:07 +0000
¢500 and ¢50 coins of the previous design will lost their value on July 1
Q COSTARICA — On Tuesday, July 1st, the old ¢500 and ¢50 coins officially stopped being valid for payments, just like the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) had announced. Those old coins now need to be swapped or deposited at banks and other ...

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:36:31 +0000
Costa Rica is nearing the end of its population growth
Q COSTARICA — Population projections already estimated that Costa Rica will never reach 6 million inhabitants, but rather, that the population will gradually decline. The starting point, as revealed by the National Institute of Statistics and C...

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:46:10 +0000
Vehicular restrictions of San José will be lifted for 10 days
Q COSTARICA — Less traffic congestion and more fluid movement of traffic is how it will feel to travel through San José between July 7 and 18, when vehicular restrictions of the capital city, based on license plate numbers, will be suspended d...

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:35:55 +0000
Minister of Justice waives his immunity to allos investigation to his ties to Celso Gamboa
Q COSTARICA – The Minister of Justice, Gerald Campos, waived his immunity on Monday in order to submit to an investigation for alleged crimes of embezzlement and ideological falsehood, in a case linking him to former magistrate Celso Gamboa. Th...

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:27:00 +0000
Why didn’t Costa Rica prosecute Celso Gamboa for drug trafficking?
Q COSTARICA — The arrest of Celso Gamboa was not the result of an improvised action. Behind them was a silent and sustained operation that lasted more than a year, coordinated by the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the U.S. Drug ...

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:10:38 +0000
Celso Gamboa claims to suffer from cancer, mental health problems
Q COSTA RICA — Former magistrate and minister, Celso Gamboa, currently detained and facing extradition on allegations of being a drug trafficking kingpin in Central America—based on two complaints from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

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