Q COSTA RICA — Monday, August 31, is a holiday in Costa Rica, celebrating “Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense” (Black People’s Day and Afro-Costa Rican Culture). The holiday is non-obligatory, so every worker ...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican President Laura Fernández ordered a reinforcement of the police deployment in Cartago in response to the escalating violence plaguing the province, which has recorded 51 homicides. She also reiterated her strong criticis...

Q COSTA RICA — Drug trafficking groups in Costa Rica provide logistical services to major Mexican and Colombian cartels without any apparent loyalty, explained Michael Soto, interim director of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ). Soto e...

Q COSTA RICA — The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it was temporarily suspending all immigration visa appointments to conduct further training for embassy and consulate staff. The suspension does not apply to visas issued for tourism, study, b...

RICO’s Q — Amid the conflicts and insults that unfold every Wednesday in the spectacle known as the weekly press conference, staged by Rodrigo Chaves and Laura, they’re hiding several draft bills. The head of the Chavista deputies, Nogu...