Q COSTA RICA — The Juzgado Penal de Pavas (Pavas Criminal Court) has closed the complaint filed by Laura Fernández, then a presidential candidate for the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), over an alleged listening device found in her campaign office...

Q TRAVEL — Traveling by bus is drawing interest from tourists who want to visit several Central American destinations without stretching their vacation budgets. The appeal lies not just in the ticket price, but in the total cost of a trip—includi...

Q COSTA RICA —Costa Rica’s apparent rice consumption rose to 270,594 metric tons in the 2024–2025 rice year, its highest level in more than two decades, according to the National Rice Corporation (CONARROZ). The total was 17,039 metric tons—m...

Q COSTA RICA — Organized crews are using leaked shipping data to target trucks, move stolen goods through a network of warehouses and resellers, and, in some cases, exploit captured containers to smuggle drugs. Cargo theft in Costa Rica is no longe...

Q COSTA RICA — Just five days after Costa Rica’s new Centro de Alta Contención y Crimen Organizado (CACCO)—Center for High Containment and Organized Crime—received its first inmates, prison officers found improvised weapons and other unautho...