Q REPORTS — Across Central America and the Caribbean, dictatorships and military governments left a lasting imprint on political life. Throughout the 20th century, leaders concentrated power, curtailed civil liberties and used state institutions to...

Q COSTA RICA — Rafael Antonio Valdez García allegedly killed his spouse, Jasmina López Castro, and their 9-year-old daughter, Belkania Balezka Valdez López, in Liberia, Guanacaste. He then made a phone call to a neighbor to notify the police so ...

Q COSTA RICA — Nicaraguans make up 87% of refugee applications in Costa Rica, according to Cindy Molina, head of the Refugee Unit at the country’s Directorate General of Migration and Foreign Affairs. She gave the figure during a meeting with Cos...

RICO’s Q —The warning is familiar: “Don’t make me use my Italian voice.” It sounds like a playful threat, delivered before a family argument, a noisy dinner, or a minor household dispute gets any louder. The joke is simple. The speaker ...

Q COSTA RICA — Kendry Alberto Ferguson Madison, convicted of drug-related offenses, surrendered to the courts in Limón on Saturday, October 24—12 days after the Ministry of Justice authorized his release from prison, despite the fact that he was...