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Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:38:09 +0000Montes de Oca plans building more apartment towers even as the canton is still flooded with fecal matter
Q COSTA RICA — The municipality of Montes de Oca (San Pedro), a major commercial, academic, and cultural hub on the eastern side of the San José metropolitan area, plans to build more apartment towers in the canton even as residents continue to ...
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:22:31 +0000
Brasil de Santa Ana District Council urges MOPT to focus on upgrading the interchange
Q COSTA RICA — The Brasil de Santa Ana District Council is urging the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) to fast-track improvements at the Piedades interchange. While the Council believes an overpass would be the ideal fix for this ...
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:03:31 +0000
Attorney General’s Office takes drastic action to summon Pilar Cisneros
Q COSTA RICA — The Fiscalía General (Attorney General’s Office) confirmed it issued an immigration alert regarding presidential advisor and former legislator Pilar Cisneros, needing to summon her for an investigative statement and it had bee...
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:47:57 +0000
“Diablo” sister and 3 judicials under arrest for impunity, bribery, and corruption
Q COSTA RICA — The Deputy Prosecutor’s Office for Probity, Transparency, and Anti-Corruption (FAPTA) requested six months of pretrial detention (remand) for Judge Ricardo Valverde López and a woman, Gelen Magaly Arias Monge, sister of Alejan...
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:37:54 +0000
Deference or transparency? Fernández calls Chaves “president” live on air
Q COSTA RICA — President Laura Fernández referred to former president and minister Rodrigo Chaves as “president” Wednesday afternoon during the live broadcast of the weekly government news program, later justifying her continued use of...