QCOSTARICA – The recklessness of drivers continues to cost lives every day on the roads of Costa Rica. The most recent cut by the Cruz Roja (Red Cross) that, along with other first responder agencies, attends traffic accidents, indicates that s...

Q REPORTS – Costa Rica’s former president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who is now Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy at Tufts’ Fletcher School, spoke on climate change and public policy during a recent visit to Northeastern University ...

Q24N – Hurricane Julia has dissipated, but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains on Monday after it re-emerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua. At least 28 people were reported dead in Central Ameri...

TODAY NICARAGUA – Hurricane Julia entered Nicaragua via the Caribbean coast early Sunday with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h), impacting between Orinoco and Laguna de Perlas, and weakened as it advanced through the national territory. State workers clea...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health ordered a week of recess within the framework of the health alert for the respiratory virus, with the aim of reducing the plethora of admissions of minors to the Hospital Nacional de Niños – Children&#...

QCOSTARICA – With a pandemic of a different kind, once again the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), is calling for drivers to stay off the national roads due to rain and poor visibility. October brings the worst of the rainy se...

QCOSTARICA – Enjoy the lower fuel prices so that if the prediction becomes reality, we can see one more drop before prices start going up again, most likely by mid-December. Given Costa Rica’s model for setting fuel prices, increases or r...

QCOSTARICA – The Fiestas de Palmares (Palmares Festivities) will return in January 2023 after two years of absence due to the prohibition of mass activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizing committee confirmed that the 2023 edition ...

PURA VIDA MAE! This photo from Puntarenas A Lo Meme is of Costa Rica’s Ruta 27 for all those that DO NOT know it. Some of the comments posted include: “That’s how they offered it to us and that’s how they charged us for it, bu...

QCOSTARICA – The indirect impact of Julia caused flooding in Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, mainly in Golfito, Coto Brus, Corredores, Osa and sectors of Guanacaste. In addition, the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE)  – National ...