Q COSTARICA — The heavy rains are making it nearly impossible to fix the massive sinkhole that swallowed part of kilometer 56 on Ruta 27, near Orotina — and there’s no clear end in sight. The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOP...

Q COSTA RICA — The Heredia Criminal Court sentenced a man named Alfaro Mena to 30 years in prison for five counts of distributing pornography to two underage girls. The decision followed an investigation led by the San Joaquín de Flores Fiscalía ...

Q COSTARICA — Consumers in Costa Rica will face a new blow to their budgets starting next week, when the new adjustments to fuel rates approved by the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP)—regulatory authority—come into effec...

Q24N — Italy’s Court of Cassation has ruled that hotels, bars, and restaurants in Italy are not legally required to provide free tap water to customers. The case stemmed from a lawsuit against a luxury hotel in the Dolomites after a guest was den...

Q24N— The political landscape in Cuba is shifting, and the urgency in “El Carmen”, the private home of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which is also used as a government headquarters, is palpable: seeing how Raúl Castro’s reig...

RICO’s Q — Despite being regularly described as combative in political coverage, President Laura Fernández surprised many during her first clash with opposition lawmakers. Instead of digging in for a fight, she announced on Wednesday that sh...

Q COSTARICA — A sinkhole has blocked Ruta 27 at kilometer 56, caused by heavy rains on Wednesday afternoon. The collapse of a culvert is believed to be the cause of the sinkhole reported on Wednesday afternoon on Ruta 27, near Las Fruteras in Oroti...

Q COSTARICA — The decision of opposition parties, the Frente Amplio (FA) and Partido Liberiación Nacional (PLN), to oppose the opening of the electricity market through the market harmonization initiative (Ley de Armonización del Sistema Eléctri...

Q COSTARICA — The Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo (Administrative Court) has been unable to locate former President and now super minister, Rodrigo Chaves, at the Casa Presidencial to serve him with a lawsuit filed against him following a ruling...

Q24N (InfoBae) The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has decided to entrust Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin to take the first step in building a lunar base, as part of a plan that envisions collaborating with private co...