Q COSTARICA — After nine days of reported missing, Costa Rica awoke Thursday morning to the news of the discovery of the body of 29-year-old Junieysis Adely Merlo Espinoza in a shallow grave at the Los Pericos condominium complex in Santa Ana. The ...

Q COSTARICA — The Board of Directors of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) on April 9, just one month before Laura Fernández’s government takes office, dismissed its General Manager, Harold Cordero. Cordero’s dismissal t...

RICO’s Q — I came across a post by Libertad Y Propiedad II on Facebook that caught my attention and felt it was worth sharing. The post takes aim at Rodrigo Chaves for pulling us into the conflict that Donald Trump started with Iran on Februa...

Q COSTARICA — As background, President Rodrigo Chaves acknowledged some decisions he made during his time in office, which he now regrets, just weeks before the end of his term. As he begins the final stretch of his four-year presidential term, Cha...

Q COSTARICA — Inflation in Costa Rica maintained its negative trend in March, settling at -2.09% year-on-year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). With this result, the indicator has now remained below the...

Q COSTARICA — Western Canadians no longer have to travel to Toronto or Montreal to visit Costa Rica, with the announcement of Air Canada of the direct Vancouver-Guanacaste route. The service will begin on December 13, 2026, and run until April 12, ...

Q COSTARICA — The so-called “summer” or “dry” season didn’t really show up this year, but the “rainy” season is just around the corner. According to the experts, meteorologists from the national weather service...

Q COSTARICA — Considering them a threat to national security, the government of Rodrigo Chaves has declared Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthi movement in Yemen, among others,...

Q COSTARICA — Traditionally, the transfer of power on May 8 every four years has been held at 1:00 p..m.; however, this year Laura Fernandez will receive the presidential sash from Rodrigo Chaves at 11:00 a.m. The reason given by the Comisión del ...

Q COSTARICA — The Middle East conflict, more specifically the war between the United States and Iran, will result in a sharp increase in the price of gasoline in Costa Rica in May. On Wednesday, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope)—...