QCOSTARICA – This is not just any Friday in Barrio La California, known commonly as “La Cali”. It’s close to 10:00 pm and it is evident that the “nightlife” has not yet started. At this point in the night the music barely heats up...

QCOSTARICA – The dollar exchange at the commercial banks is reluctant to go back over the ¢700 mark, continuing to hover around the amount. The private and state banks, finance companies, housing mutuals and cooperatives, the exchange rate is ...

QCOSTARICA – In less than a week, at 4:00 pm, Friday, July 15, the vehicular inspection company, Riteve SyC, commonly known as “Riteve” will cease operations in Costa Rica. The closure comes after 20 years (since 2002) of providing ...

QCOSTARICA – A new “Tico variant” of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes covid-19) very different (genetically speaking) from the one we had in 2021 gave rise to a cluster in the southern part of our country. As of June 25, the Instituto Cost...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health suspended on Friday the sanitary operating permit for Parque Viva due to an “anonymous complaint” that would indicate “problems that affect the surrounding communities” due to the vehicular traffic ge...

QCOSTARICA – The dollar and the euro are “practically” at the same price internationally, in the face of fears of a recession in European markets and the war between Russia and Ukraine. This Friday the euro collapsed and was quoted ...

Q24N (CONFIDENCIAL) An international commission composed of parliamentary deputies, social activists and human rights advocates from six Latin American countries will attempt to enter Nicaragua on Friday, July 8, to personally verify the conditions i...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Pública – MSP) and the Municipal Police of San José will sign an agreement of understanding and cooperation to try to reduce assaults, robberies and homicides that oc...

Casinos are a great way to make some money, have fun, get away from reality and take a break from your daily routine. When you think about it, casinos are one of the safest places in the world. They are also one of the most regulated institutions in ...

QCOSTARICA – The price of fuel, oil, tomato and onion caused interannual inflation in Costa Rica to reach 10.06%, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). Monthly inflation...