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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:06:04 +000012 Top drug lords taken down in Costa Rica in three years
Q COSTA RICA — The capture of the main criminal leaders in the Costa Rican Caribbean marked a turning point in the fight against drug trafficking in the region. In the last three years, Costa Rican authorities have neutralized the 12 highest-profil...
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:27:11 +0000
U.S. Embassy San José closed Friday, July 31
Q COSTA RICA — In observance of the apparition of the “Virgen de Los Ángeles” (Our Lady of the Angels), Patron Saint of Costa Rica, the U.S. Embassy and Consular Section in San José will be closed on Friday, July 31, 2026. The Embassy...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:01:26 +0000
Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today’s autocrats
Q REPORTS (Felix Wiebrecht, Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool) Since being elected for a second term as Nicaraguan president in 2006, Daniel Ortega – the former Sandinista freedom fighter-turned-authoritarian leader – has extended his...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:54:49 +0000
Former Costa Rican presidents intensify condemnation of Daniel Ortega for attempting to abolish elections
Q COSTA RICA — Amid escalating political tensions in Nicaragua, public statements by four former Costa Rican presidents have strengthened international condemnation of Daniel Ortega’s regime. The former Costa Rican leaders described the direc...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:29:46 +0000
OIJ rejects request for “Diablo” hearing be held virtually
Q COSTA RICA — Despite the request on Sunday from the Ministry of Justice that the hearing on precautionary measures against Alejandro Arias Monge, alias “Diablo,” and Jonathan Pérez, alias “Tan,” be held virtually due to t...