Q24N (La Estrella) In a bid to transform air connections into direct revenue for the local economy, the Panama Stopover program will expand its main benefit: starting in 2026, passengers will be able to stay in the country for between 7 and 15 days a...

Q COSTARICA — A chain reaction starting by rising fuel prices is about to hit Costa Rica hard, thanks to the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. Federico Quesada Chaves, head of the School of Administrative Sciences at U...

Q COSTARICA — On Monday, the Costa Rican government presented the “Hello Brete” strategy, a free English language teaching program designed to improve job opportunities through accessible and widespread training. As part of the initiati...

RICO’s Q — Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s longtime president, has not been seen in public, staying in El Carmen, his private residence that doubles as a presidential house, for 50 days, sparking speculation and concern both inside the country a...

Q COSTARICA — An elderly woman from San Carlos found herself needing to appeal to the Constitutional Court (Sala Constitucional or Sala IV as it is often referred to) to guarantee her right to timely health and medical care. The woman, whose identi...

Q COSTARICA — Most cybercrimes in Costa Rica fall into two categories: online fraud and identity theft, which together account for 84% of reported cases, according to a cybersecurity report prepared by the Cybersecurity Research, Development, and I...

Q COSTARICA — Global dependence on fossil fuels is intensifying the climate crisis and generating serious health effects, warned Christiana Figueres, former UN climate chief and key architect of the Paris Agreement, upon assuming the co-chairmanshi...

Q COSTARICA — On Saturday, Costa Rica received 25 foreign nationals and one Costa Rican citizen deported from the United States, as part of the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries. The group is comprised of individuals from...

Q COSTARICA — The court file on the murder in Costa Rica of former Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam Ruiz includes an element that elevates the scope of the case beyond an individual crime: testimonies pointing to the existence of a list o...

Q COSTARICA — The US dollar in Costa Rica keeps dropping to new lows, even with global tensions like the US-Iran conflict and rising inflation swirling around. This Monday, the official dollar exchange by the Banco Central (Central Bank) is ¢458.9...