QCOSTARICA – Joselyn Chacón, who will be the Minister of Health as of May 8, announced within minutes of being officially named to the position by president-elect Rodrigo Chaves, that the mandatory use of masks in closed spaces will be maintai...

QCOSTARICA – The mandatory use of the four-digit PIN (personal identification number) for the authentication of purchases with credit or debit cards will gradually come into force in Costa Rica starting May 1. As of this date, making a purchase...

Rico’s COVID Digest – Travelers arriving at Panama’s Tocumen international airport (PTY), which also serves as a regional hub, “must wear a mask,” the government of Laurentino Cortizo said Wednesday. Panama’s Minis...

QCOSTARICA – President Carlos Alvarado, in a recorded video on national television on Thursday, reacted to the cyberattack faced by state systems and assured that it is an attempt to destabilize the country in the transition to the new governme...

QCOSTARICA – As of April 20 of this year, there were 166 people killed in crashes, rollovers and hit-and-runs, the equivalent of one fatality every 16 hours, according to the Policia de Transito (Traffic Police). The figures are alarming if one...

QCOSTARICA – The increase in fuel prices could lead bus companies to cut the number of trips and hours, and in some cases suspend services. Silvia Bolaños, the vice president of the Cámara Nacional de Transportes (Canatrans) – National...

Q24N TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a ke...

QCOSTARICA – Two tremors registering 4.5 and 5.2 in magnitude, 34 minutes apart, were perceived Wednesday afternoon in some cantons of the southern zone. The first tremor occurred at 4:52 pm and the second was at 5:26 pm according to the report...

QCOSTARICA – Although there is still a way to go for Uber and other apps like DiDi to operate legally in Costa Rica, legislators this week approved a substitute text that takes the process a step closer to becoming a reality. The text would req...

TODAY NICARAGUA (Managua) The Nicaraguan parliament, controlled by President Daniel Ortega’s party, outlawed on Wednesday,  twenty-five non-governmental organizations (NGOs) critical of his administration, including one for human rights and others...