QCOSTARICA – An American man, identified publicly only by his last name, Mcpherson, was arrested by the immigration police this Wednesday in Carara, near Playa Jacó, on an arrest warrant issued by the United States. According to authorities, M...

QCOSTARICA – A brothel, managed by woman, an alleged pimp, was posing as a massage parlor in a residence in San Sebastián de San José, reported the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ). In a raid of the house Wednesday afternoon, the ad...

QCOSTARICA – Authorities continue to evaluate measures to combat the phenomenon of ‘quiebraventanas’ (smash car windows) in the capital. One of the alternatives is to promote more fluid vehicular traffic, mainly on the Circunvalación, whic...

QCOSTARICA – In less than a month, some 300 families who did not want to pay rent for their homes or tenement houses in the area of La Carpio, were evicted on Wednesday morning by the Municipal Police of San Jose. Marcelo Solano, director of th...

Q REPORTS (UNHCR) Things were looking bleak for Vicenta González, the 73-year-old owner of a cacao plantation in northern Costa Rica, near the border with Nicaragua. Several years ago, the waters of a nearby river spilled over, flooding her property...

QCOSTARICA – An increase of almost 8 colones in the dollar exchange was registered during the last week, in another turn to the depreciation trend of the local currency motivated above all by international factors. The sell price published by t...

TODAY COSTA RICA – Pura Vida, Mae! From AviacionCR.net, this image of how flight LRC633 MEX-SJO is announced at the Mexico City International Airport, using the last logo used by LACSA. Flight LRC633 (Mexico City, Mexico -MEX to San Jose, Costa...

RICO’s COVID DIGEST – The Ministry of Health reported a decrease in the indicators that measure the Covid-19 pandemic. According to epidemiological data, last week there were 11,318 new cases were, which represents a reduction of 37.6% in...

QCOSTARICA – The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica (Congress) condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after approving a motion with 36 votes in favor and 2 against. The motion describes the act as a “flagrant violation of internatio...

QCOSTARICA – Hundreds of women participated in a demonstration this Tuesday in downtown San José and other parts of the country, demanding an end to violence, as part of the commemoration of International Women’s Day. Groups of women and...