Andrey Amador Bikkazakova is the first Costa Rican to compete in the Tour de France as a professional road bicycle racer. Andrey rode with Movistar Team for much of his career before joining UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers for the 2020 season. Andrey ...

Q MAGAZINE – Ben Affleck is single again after Ana de Armas broker off their relationship reported People. “Ben is no longer dating Ana,” the source told People. “She broke it off. Their relationship was complicated. Ana doesn...

QCOSTARICA – A six-year-old girl, with a fundamental neurological problem, became the fourth child fatality due to causes linked to covid-19. The girl died on January 13 and was a patient in the Palliative Care Unit, confirmed the medical direc...

QCOSTARICA –  If you, or your spouse, receive an income of at least US$2,500 USD per month (US$30,000 per year), individually, you could qualify for temporary residency as a person with a fixed income, or rentista, in Costa Rica. Under this ca...

“Collisions with fixed objects are also traffic accidents,” says a reminder from the Ministery of Transport (MOPT). Although some might believe that it is not, if a vehicle is involved, it is classified as a traffic accident. This is impo...

Dog walking the beach in Santa Teresa Beach, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Photo by Ricardo Arce via Unsplash.

QCOSTARICA – It was the month of February 1920 when the first 45 people affected by the so-called Spanish flu were reported, who arrived in Costa Rica through the port of Limón. Those first cases were treated by Dr. Tony Facio Castro at the Un...

Q24N – With a new administration in sight and the possible relaxation of immigration policies, thousands of migrants from Central America have decided to once again make their run at the United States border. Entering eastern Guatemala on foot,...

A view of Playa Hermosa, Puntarenas looking southwest from the Costanera. Photo by Ricardo Arce via Unsplash.

Is it possible that each year has a particularly sad day? The saddest of all? Of that a date on the calendar can define such a day? This year, 2021, “Blue Monday” falls on January 18. Blue Monday is the name given to the day in January (t...