Costa Rica News
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:19:48 +0000Laura Fernández suspends meeting with Supreme Powers after Supreme Court announces non-attendance
Q COSTA RICA — Laura Fernández announced the cancellation of the meeting scheduled for this Friday with the heads of the Legislative Assembly and the Supreme Court, after the Chief Justice, Orlando Aguirre Gómez, on Thursday, publicly announced t...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:50:17 +0000
Costa Rica’s ruling Party refuses to condemn statements by official who said they had “identified” opposition
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s ruling party, Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), refused to issue a public condemnation from the Legislative Assembly of statements made by Justice and Peace Minister Gabriel Aguilar, in which he revealed that he has ...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:34:46 +0000
Daniel Ortega regime will launch a platform to spy on Nicaraguans
Q24N — Cameras, drones, and robot dogs are the key elements of China’s surveillance center in Nicaragua that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo will inaugurate this Saturday, August 22, 2026, in Managua. The surveillance ...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:53:41 +0000
Costa Rica signs alliance with Google to bring AI to education, health, and security
Q COSTA RICA — The government of Laura Fernández announced it signed a collaboration agreement with Google to incorporate technology and artificial intelligence (AI) tools in areas such as education, health, and security, as part of the digital tr...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:51:02 +0000
Who will save Costa Rica?
Q COSTA RICA (OP-ED) Raúl Alexander Camacho Alfaro, in an opinion piece for Delfino.cr, tackles the question: Who Will Save Costa Rica? He argues that the answer isn’t about a single hero. Instead, Costa Rica’s salvation lies in its strength to ...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:38:40 +0000
José Miguel Villalobos voluntarily suspends his law license to be a full time legislator
Q COSTA RICA — After several weeks of political pressure, legislator José Miguel Villalobos, of the ruling party, announced on Thursday his decision to voluntarily suspend his membership in the Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica (Bar Association), ...
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:17:46 +0000
New tropical wave threatens Costa Rica: warnings issued about the risk of flooding and heavy rains
Q COSTA RICA — The national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), has issued a new warning ahead of the imminent arrival of Tropical Wave #34, expected tonight, Thursday, August 20. This new atmospheric disturbance, curren...
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:08:34 +0000
24 Costa Ricans face extradition requests from the United States, Panama, and France
Q COSTA RICA — A total of 24 Costa Ricans are facing extradition proceedings to the United States, Panama, and France for crimes related to international drug trafficking. This scenario was enabled by the reform of Article 32 of the Political Const...
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:00:28 +0000
Now this is interestingly funny—but not the good kind
RICO’s Q — A few days ago, journalist Juan Fernando Lara searched for and read Laura Fernández’s thesis, written for her Political Science degree at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). It turns out that the journalist found that in 201...
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:34:15 +0000
Laura Fernández denies any interest in the purchase of the Israeli spyware “Pegasus”
Q COSTA RICA — On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández pushed back against her Finance Minister and Minister of the Presidency, former president Rodrigo Chaves, and took a jab at former President Carlos Alvarado, making it clear that the Costa Ric...