Q COSTARICA — The regulatory authority on public prices and services, the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (Aresep), announced a new increase in fuel prices as part of an extraordinary adjustment for February. According to the resolution...

Q24N — There is a growing possibility that a potential transitional government in Venezuela, or even the current factions vying for power, will initiate legal proceedings to recover the billions of dollars that Daniel Ortega managed with impunity. ...

Q COSTARICA — In Costa Rica, the presence of women in medicine continues to grow and consolidate in various areas of the healthcare system. Currently, 6,582 professionals practice as general practitioners and surgeons, while 2,880 have a specialty,...

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. Department of Defense, rebranded as the Department of War (DOW) as of late 2025, has released a video on Sunday officially launching the Anti-Cartel Coalition of the Americas (Triple C), and at one point in the recording, Co...

Q COSTARICA — The traffic nightmare at the Tárcoles bridge is finally coming to an end. Efraím Zeledón, the Minister of Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), announced on Thursday that starting Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 7 a.m., the bridge ove...

Q COSTARICA — This Wednesday, the Legislative Assembly approved the ley de estafas bancarias (bank fraud law) designed to strengthen the protection of those who use financial services against the rise in digital theft. The legislation comes amid in...

Q COSTARICA — On World Obesity Day, the Colegio de Profesionales en Nutrición de Costa Rica (CPN)—Costa Rican College of Nutrition Professionals—warned that more than 60% of the adult population in Costa Rica is overweight or obese. Among chil...

Q COSTARICA — Transportation, including air travel for tourists, is also being impacted by the armed conflict in the Middle East, in which the United States, Israel, and Iran are actively involved. Just as with goods like oil, tourist traffic is no...

Q COSTARICA — On Wednesday morning, people woke up to shocking scenes: a pickup truck slammed right into the León Cortés monument on the east side of Parque Metropolitano La Sabana. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. The driver, a 19 year-old ma...

RICO’s Q — In Costa Rica, the guachimanes (watchmen) are informal security guards who hang out on public streets keeping an eye on parked cars, offering unofficial security in exchange for cash. While some, through bad experiences—dishonest...