QCOSTARICA — Following a three-year investigation, the elections tribunal, the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), concluded that President Rodrigo Chaves, vice-president Stephan Brunner, and Foreign Minister Arnoldo André would be responsible for at least four electoral crimes. It is presumed that the campaign that brought Chaves to power in 2022 […]
Monthly Archives: February 2025
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country’s leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks. On his first trip overseas as the top US diplomat, Rubio took […]
QCOSTARICA — Students in schools and colleges across the country will begin the 2025 public school year this week. This school year begins with several challenges in education, starting with the lowest budget in the last 10 years, funds frozen by the Ministry of Finance, hundreds of health orders, programs […]
QCOSTARICA — Fuels prices will change in the next few days, most likely by Wednesday, when the approval by the regulator of public prices and services, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep), take effect. Super gasoline, regular gasoline, diesel, and natural gas will increase in price. The day […]
Last year, the renowned magazine Global Finance reported that Costa Rica is among the richest countries in Latin America, in terms of the evolution of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. We refer to data for the year 2024, which ended recently. In the Global Finance list, Panama is in […]
Since January 5, the Poás volcano began a new activity that has made experts follow it closely and even generate warnings for the population that visits the National Park. Journalists spoke with volcanologist María Martínez, from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (Ovsicori), who explained the important changes they have observed. […]
Costa Rica faces a growing threat of cyberattacks due to factors such as its advanced technological infrastructure, the high demand for online services by citizens and its strategic position in the American continent. This was explained by the director of the Information and Communications Technology Directorate (DTIC) of the Universidad […]
Bitcoin was never used by most Salvadorans, its modern city was never built, and now it will cease to be legal tender in El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt it in 2021: a complete failed economic bet by President Nayib Bukele. Congress, dominated by the ruling […]
Marco Rubio arrived in the Panamanian capital Saturday on his first foreign trip as U.S. Secretary of State, amid tensions over President Donald Trump’s threat to retake control of the Panama Canal. Rubio begins a six-day tour in Panama that will also take him to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, […]
A community-driven initiative in Playa Samara, Guanacaste, is making waves in marine conservation. The Coral Project Association, in collaboration with public and private organizations, has successfully planted two thousand corals on the seabed near Chora Island, revitalizing the underwater ecosystem. Launched in 2017, the project aims to restore the coral […]