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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:40:29 +0000
Ortega’s Attorney General’s Office sentences Bayardo Arce for “money laundering”
Q24N — The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo tried and convicted its longtime ally and economic advisor, Bayardo Arce, who had been detained last year. The swift justice followed the escape to Costa Rica of Arce’s wife, Amelia Ybarr...

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:21:06 +0000
Nicaraguans make up 75% of foreign homicide victims in Costa Rica
Q COSTARICA — Nicaraguan migrants topped the list of foreign homicide victims in Costa Rica during 2025, according to official data from the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ – the Judicial Investigation Agency. The figures confirm a ...

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:54:41 +0000
Neither Costa Rica nor Latin America will benefit from a tax on multinationals and great wealth
Q COSTARICA — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently announced an agreement among 145 countries to implement a 15% minimum corporate tax on multinational corporations (a global minimum tax), which also includes a...

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:02:04 +0000
Asfura takes office in Honduras
Q24N (EFE) In the small parliament building, with hardly any protocol or heads of state present, but surrounded by his supporters, conservative Nasry “Tito” Asfura was sworn in as president of Honduras on Tuesday, a position he will hold ...

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:41:42 +0000
OIJ investigates third death linked to cosmetic surgery
Q COSTARICA — For the third time in less than 15 days, private cosmetic surgery centers are once again at the center of controversy. The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) has opened a new investigation after the confirmation of a third dea...

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