Q COSTARICA — Traffic accidents are just part of everyday life in Costa Rica. Whether it’s a fender-bender or something far worse, every time we get behind the wheel, we’re rolling the dice. According to Article 197 of Civil Liability, in any traffic accident in which the driver is not […]
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Q COSTARICA — Travelling without presenting a yellow fever vaccination certificate is the aim of the new campaign by the Ministry of Health to be held this month, given the limited availability of doses in the private market and the increase in people traveling to Colombia during July. This decision […]
Q COSTA RICA — According to the World Bank’s 2024 measurements, Costa Rica has transitioned from the “upper-middle-income” category to the “high-income” group of countries. The international organization made this announcement on Tuesday, July 1, via a post on its website. Each year, the World Bank classifies the world’s economies […]
Q COSTARICA — On February 1, 2026, in seven months, Costa Ricans will be deciding at the polls who will be the next president of Costa Rica. Although it is still too early to predict a winner, it is clear that none of the candidates are ruled out. In the […]
Q COSTARICA — On Tuesday, July 1st, the old ¢500 and ¢50 coins officially stopped being valid for payments, just like the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) had announced. Those old coins now need to be swapped or deposited at banks and other financial institutions, as they’re being replaced […]
Q COSTARICA — Population projections already estimated that Costa Rica will never reach 6 million inhabitants, but rather, that the population will gradually decline. The starting point, as revealed by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) on Monday, already has a date: 2044 will be the date when […]
Q COSTARICA — Less traffic congestion and more fluid movement of traffic is how it will feel to travel through San José between July 7 and 18, when vehicular restrictions of the capital city, based on license plate numbers, will be suspended during the mid-year school break. The measure responds […]
Q COSTARICA — The arrest of Celso Gamboa was not the result of an improvised action. Behind them was a silent and sustained operation that lasted more than a year, coordinated by the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It all began with a […]
Q COSTARICA – The Minister of Justice, Gerald Campos, waived his immunity on Monday in order to submit to an investigation for alleged crimes of embezzlement and ideological falsehood, in a case linking him to former magistrate Celso Gamboa. The decision to waive the immunity he holds as a member […]
Q COSTA RICA — Former magistrate and minister, Celso Gamboa, currently detained and facing extradition on allegations of being a drug trafficking kingpin in Central America—based on two complaints from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)—shocked many by claiming to be battling cancer and mental health issues. On his third […]