Q COSTARICA — Dekra, the German company in charge of vehicle inspections (RTV) in Costa Rica, filed a criminal complaint with the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) in early March against a group of employees at its Ciudad Quesada (San Carl...

Q24N — Confirmed! According to the results of the May 31, 2026, presidential elections in Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella (far-right) and Iván Cepeda (left-wing, Historical Pact) were the two candidates with the most votes and will face each ot...

Q COSTARICA — Immigration Police rescued eight women victims of sexual exploitation at a brothel in San Jorge de San Carlos that had been raided six years prior, in 2020, but continued operating. In the raid that took place on Thursday night, a wom...

Q24N — More than 41 million Colombians are eligible to vote in the first round of the presidential elections this Sunday, May 31, 2026, a process that will determine who will occupy the Presidency of the Republic during the 2026-2030 constitutiona...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica doesn’t mess around when it comes to the “Pensión Alimentaria” — the legal obligation to financially support qualifying family members, whether that’s your children, your spouse, or in some cases,...

Q COSTARICA — How can you check if you have an “Impedimento de Salida” (travel ban) — the legal obligation to financially support qualifying family members, whether that’s your kids, your spouse, or in some cases, your aging par...

Q COSTARICA — MOPT authorities indicate that the Ruta 27 at km 56 at Orotina has been reopened with “paso regulado” and only for light vehicles, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles must continue using Cambronero. Machinery contin...

OPINION by Luis Paulino Vargas Solís — What I’ve heard these last few days clearly suggests one thing to me: Laura Fernández has decided to take to its ultimate and most extreme limit the thesis that the Costa Rican population is easily dec...

RICO’s Q — At 86 years old, former president of Costa Rica and former secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, said that for years he lived with a silent fear: not to live to see the end of a l...

Q COSTARICA — A new operation against illegal gold mining on the northern border in Costa Rica ended with clashes between Fuerza Publica (National Police) officers and alleged clandestine miners on Conchuditas hill, located in Cutris de San Carlos,...