President Donald Trump’s freezing of development aid has quickly paralyzed numerous programs in Latin America that rely on US funds to combat drug trafficking, corruption, hunger and inequality, observers and NGOs say. They warn that millions of people will be affected in particular by the dismantling of the US Agency […]
Daily Archives: February 12, 2025
14 posts
With the participation of more than 300 international players, Costa Rica will be the stage for the long-awaited 10th Pan American Tennis Cup, which will be held from February 20 to 25 at the Costa Rica Tennis Club. The tournament will have delegations from 18 countries and promises to offer […]
I recently returned from a week-long trip to Costa Rica, where I had an incredible experience at Prisma Dental. I’m based in North Carolina, and this was my first time traveling abroad for dental work, so I wanted to share the details of my journey. The Decision to Go Abroad […]
The renowned Costa Rican-Spanish artist Aimée Joaristi comes to Madrid with her most recent exhibition, “Happy World,” an exhibition that brings together 18 unpublished works from various series, including Happy World, Distopías, A piece of me and Drawings of Awakening. The exhibition, curated by the Colombian-Spanish curator and critic Carlos […]
The way people interact with technology in their daily lives is undergoing a revolution thanks to social robotics and virtual assistants. These tools, previously exclusive to companies, now facilitate tasks both at home and at work. “Today it is already a reality that we use the calendar as a support […]
Wetlands on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica play a fundamental role in the conservation of biodiversity and the ecological balance in the region. Therefore, residents of Playa Negra, in the southern Caribbean of Costa Rica, raised the alarm about the filling of a wetland on a farm that […]
Media outlet Le Monde published an article indicating that Costa Rica has transformed from a tourist paradise to an epicenter of drug trafficking and violence. The piece, entitled “Costa Rica, Latin America’s Switzerland in the Grip of the Drug Storm,” notes that Costa Rica has become engulfed in cocaine trafficking, […]
QCOSTARICA — Marriages in Costa Rica began to have an upturn after the pandemic, growing steadily in the following four years. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos – INEC), marriages in the first half of 2024 reached nearly 11,000, […]
In a joint effort to strengthen migration management in the region, the ministers of Public Security of Panama and Costa Rica, Frank Alexis Abrego and Mario Zamora, held a meeting in Costa Rica to analyze and optimize migratory flows. During the meeting, which aimed to establish effective mechanisms to allow […]
QCOSTARICA — With a change of 3 points since last year, Costa Rica has a score of 58 this year in the most recent measurement of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by Transparency.org. According to the results, it occupies position 42 among 180 countries scored around the world, placing itself […]