QCOSTARICA – President Carlos Alvarado on Tuesday explained his reasons for not appointing an ambassador to Nicaragua during his administration, the explanation coming a day after president-elect Rodrigo Chaves announced that he would fill the ...

QCOSTARICA – Starbucks announced the opening of three new stores in Costa Rica – in Cartago, Sabana Sur (San Jose) and Belén (Heredia) –  bringing the total to 19 locations. The Cartago store opened on March 30, the Sabana Sur ope...

RICO’s DIGEST – It can be said, in Costa Rica, better than winning the lottery is having a government job. A case in point is the government’s decision to grant public employees the entire Semana Santa (Holy Week) –  nine day...

QCOSTARICA – Buying a used cell phone can be risky. In the market, there are the unscrupulous that will sell you a phone that was either stolen, cloned or adulterated in some way. But how do you know? In order for users to detect stolen or adul...

QCOSTARICA – President-elect Rodrigo Chaves said on Monday he is opposed to the current Congress firmly allowing a decrease of up to ¢100 in the price of fuel. Congress recently approved a new substitute text to lower fuel prices, however, the...

QCOSTARICA – The president-elect of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, on Monday described his electoral victory in the second round on Sunday as a “revolution” and promised to put aside the party flags in order to govern for the entire po...

Q24N (EFE) The Foreign Minister of Panama, Erika Mouynes, announced the upcoming visit to the country of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to participate in a regional meeting on migration, and said that it demonstrates the “strengthen...

Q24N – The price of a gallon of super and regular gasoline registered a new rise in Nicaragua on Sunday, the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Nicaraguan Institute of Energy (INE) reported this Saturday. The price of a US gallon (3.78 liters...

QCOSTARICA – President-elect Rodrigo Chaves affirmed this morning that he has tried, unsuccessfully, to call José María Figueres, to extend his hand of cooperation for the future of the country. “I tried to call him yesterday, four or five ...

QCOSTARICA – A 76-year-old man suffered an apparent fatal heart attack after casting his vote Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred at the Elías Jiménez School, located in San Rafael Abajo de Desamparados. According to witnesses, the senior...