Q COSTARICA — Celso Gamboa, the extraditable, wanted by the United States for drug trafficking, asserted that the entry of shipments of illegal drugs into Costa Rica is easy and attributed it to weaknesses in the current government’s citizen security policy. According to Gamboa, the transfer has been facilitated by […]
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Q COSTARICA — Amid the turbulence facing the Costa Rican tourism sector due to a steady decline in international visitor arrivals, July brought some good news, when 242,408 tourist arrivals were recorded. This represents a 1.3% increase compared to the 239,368 arrivals recorded in the same month of the previous […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica has experienced eight episodes of Saharan dust this year. This is a higher figure than the frequency observed in previous years, according to the national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN). Meteorologist Daniel Poleo explained that this does not mean that there has been […]
Q COSTARICA — The triple murder shooting that occurred at Howard’s Cantina, in Santa Ana, on the night of Friday, August 15, had three collateral victims, one who died and two who were seriously injured. Michael Soto, deputy director of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), explained on Monday that […]
Q COSTARICA — The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and the extraditable Celso Gamboa used Honduras as a bridge for smuggling cocaine from Colombia and Ecuador to the United States, according to the indictment filed by the Eastern District Court of Texas against Gamboa, as evidenced by U.S. Attorney General […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, risks being removed from office and barred from holding public office for four years if he violates electoral law, as for the first time in history, the government will be barred from broadcasting or publicizing its achievements on social media. The disqualification […]
RICO’S Q — The new campaign against fraud on the Costa Rica financial system’s platforms is based on the assumption that the customer is responsible. This idea and argument have always been raised, mainly when discussing liability in judicial proceedings. Financial institutions have always delegated responsibility for fraud to the […]
Q COSTARCIA — Former President Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010-2014) criticized the Legislative Assembly last week for rejecting a bill that would strengthen the concept of “emerging capital” to seize assets from organized crime more quickly. In her appearance before the Legisaltive Security and Drug Trafficking Committee on Thursday night, the […]
RICO’s Q — Presidential candidate for the Avanza party, José Aguilar, got a first-hand experience of the “nightmare” traffic conditions in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica. In the middle of rush hour, stuck in a sea of cars that seemed unable to move an inch Aguilar decided […]
Q COSTARICA — On Monday, August 18, IHOP and Applebee’s, in the first dual-brand format in the country, will open their doors in Plaza Tempo, San Rafael de Escazú. With this dual-brand format, Costa Rica becomes the 23rd country to welcome this concept, which combines two iconic brands under one […]