QCOSTARICA – Why did the aircraft suddenly crash after a relatively normal flight? What of the six people aboard? Who do the two recovered bodies belong to? Costa Rican authorities still do not have an answer to these and other questions relate...

QCOSTARICA  – The Turrialba Volcano, closed to tourists since October 15, will remain closed indefinitely due to a conflict over access to the National Park. The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) denounced breaches in the agreement...

QCOSTARICA – On Tuesday, October 25, President Rodrigo Chaves and the Minister of Transport, Luis Amador, signed a decree that sends a vehicle with more than one serious (grave) fault to full re-inspection and at full cost. The decree was publi...

RICO’s DIGEST (OPINION) The promise by President Rodrigo Chaves and his Minister of Transport, Luis Amador, of lower vehicular inspection rates and free re-inspection was maybe never meant to be kept. In fact, it feels like a bait and switch. W...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) has published on social networks a series of posters to remind drivers of driving rules and safety issues.

QCOSTARICA – Today, Friday, October 28, the German company Dekra resumed the vehicle inspection service in Costa Rica, openings its doors at 6:00 am at the Lagunilla, Heredia station. On Monday, October 31, the Alajuela station, located in Coyo...

QCOSTARICA – The vehicle inspection service (RTV) provided by the German company Dekra will open its first location this Friday, located in Lagunilla de Heredia. The Alajuela station, located in Coyol, will open on Monday, October 31. The rest ...

QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS) has a waiting list (as of September 30) of 41,781 patients waiting for a mammogram. To this are added 19,288 patients waiting, on average, having 183 days to have an ultrasound, 509 p...

QCOSTARICA – The government announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn from the candidacy for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) in Spanish, which is sought by the former ...

QCOSTARICA –  The Tourism for Costa Rica group of entrepreneurs support the decision of the Ministry of Finance, in response to multiple efforts on its part and other tourism organizations, to force the technological platforms, such as Airbnb,...