The Guatemalan police arrested a man on Wednesday who was wanted for extradition by the United States, accused of leading a network linked to the death of 53 migrants in 2022 in a truck trailer. The Ministry of the Interior indicated on the social network X that Rigoberto Miranda, 47, […]
Daily Archives: August 21, 2024
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A Mexican national was apprehended by Immigration Police at Costa Rica’s southern border while traveling with a Bolivian minor who had been reported missing in her home country. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, highlights the ongoing challenges of cross-border human trafficking in Central America. Reportedly, the man, who was […]
On the shore of Golfo Dulce in the Osa Peninsula, in a tiny town called Rincon, sits an abandoned helicopter. It is the last moldering remnant of what was once a major logging operation. The company was called Osa Productos Forestales (OSF). They bought 45,000 hectares–about a quarter of the […]
QCOSTARICA — With the passing of María Branyas, a US-born Spanish woman who was believed to be the world’s longest-lived person, at the age of 117, on Monday, August 19, 2024, Jose Flores Flores, born in Costa Rica in 1907, as well as the oldest person ever from Costa Rica, […]
QCOSTARICA — Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Monday highlighted Latin America’s peace and freedom but insisted that Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba should be matters of “enormous concern” for the international community. “Our Inter-American system is suffering from what is happening in the sister nation of Venezuela, what is happening in Nicaragua, […]
QCOSTARICA — The Consular Section of the United States Embassy in San José, Costa Rica, will experience a change in the platform that users access to schedule appointments. This process will have three essential phases for visa applicants: For those who have an appointment scheduled for September 12 of this […]
QCOSTARICA — Fulfilling the promise of returning to Costa Rica, which he made in 2014, at his last concert in our country, Paul McCartney returns on Tuesday, November 5 to the Estadio Nacional (National Stadium), with his Got Back tour, to the delight of all his fans. The tour started […]
TODAY COSTA RICA (Heavy.com) The Hallmark Channel’s newest summer movie, “A Costa Rican Wedding”, premiered on Saturday, August 17, 2024, although it was released earlier on Hallmark Movies Now. According to IMDb “A Costa Rican Wedding” starring Rhiannon Fish and Christopher Russell was filmed on location in Costa Rica, including […]
The long-awaited marina project in Limón may be one step closer to becoming a reality. Costa Rica’s Congress has granted a procedural waiver for a bill that promotes the construction of a marina through an amendment to the Organic Law of the Atlantic Coast Ports and Economic Development Administration Board […]