Q COSTA RICA — Guobin Tam Zhang—a naturalized Costa Rican citizen of Chinese origin wanted by the United States for alleged links to international drug trafficking and money laundering—will remain detained in the maximum-security wing of the Jo...

QCR — Recently, there has been persistent and repeated circulation of social media posts speculating that the U.S. government might revoke the U.S. visa of former president and dual-portfolio minister Rodrigo Chaves. There was even talk of the poss...

By Rosalie Olds —  Atenas seems to be a gathering place for retirees from the United States to live. And no wonder: it is beautiful, the shops and restaurants cater to English speakers, the views are spectacular, and the weather is said to be the ...

Q COSTA RICA — More than 557,000 minors live in poverty in Costa Rica, according to estimates from the study “La deuda de Costa Rica con sus niños, niñas y adolescentes” (Costa Rica’s Debt to Its Children and Adolescents). The study was...

Q COSTA RICA — On Monday, October 6, the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) caucus introduced a partial amendment to the Constitution seeking to exclude sexual offenses from the immunity currently granted to members of the supreme branches of gover...

Q COSTA RICA  — Kathleen Quirós—a cooperative sector leader and the romantic partner of Juan Carlos Tam Cheong, as Goubin Tam Zhang is known, a Chinese-Costa Rican national facing extradition—maintains a close relationship with Freddy Gonzál...

By Angela Fobbs on Substack — Every American citizen living overseas is eligible to vote in the midterms. The process is simple, but timing matters more than anything else. Request your ballot now. Go to VoteFromAbroad.org and submit your request t...

Working with one voter at a time will be the method in Atenas (Baruch Café 10 – 11:30 am) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, exactly four weeks (November 3) before the mid-term election in the United States. It is the philosophy behind the extraordinary...

Q COSTA RICA — The Presidency announced on Sunday that the High-Security Center against Organized Crime (CACCO) will be inaugurated on October 14 at 12:30 PM. The ceremony will be broadcast live on YouTube, according to a government announcement ma...

Q COSTA RICA — For Gelina Abrego and her daughter Jessica, crossing from Panama’s Ngäbe-Buglé region into Costa Rica means more than just starting a work season. The journey involves immigration procedures, health screenings, and—in some case...