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QCOSTARICA — Cleto Miranda, father of the 40-year-old pilot from Limón who died this Monday in an airplane accident in Escazú, died when he was the same age as his son, in a similar accident. The January 2000 accident in Pavas It was on January 15, 2000, when Cleto left […]

QCOSTARICA — The Cybercrime Section of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) – Judicial Investigation Agency, has found illegal markets on the dark web. “They allow this type of commercialization of an infinite number of products, all that we can imagine: weapons, (human) organs, people, and drugs. They are very […]

RICO’s Q: One of our readers at Q has shared this new scam: A sticker is left on your vehicle for “bad parking”. The notice states that you parked badly, and have incurred a traffic violation. Once you scan the QR code with your cell phone, it can send you […]

QCOSTARICA — The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) de Costa Rica  – Supreme Electoral Tribunal, reported that it will not use the ballots – Papeleta Única Electrónica (PUE) – in the 2026 general elections, due to economic reasons. The TSE indicated that despite the fact that a pilot plan was […]

Q24N (EFE) Migrant caravans are multiplying on Mexico’s southern border ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States, with six in the last few weeks alone, according to documents from Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) – Doctors Without Borders, which warns of growing challenges for people in transit. “During the […]

QCOSTARICA — If you plan to travel, or make a significant investment, it is best to use your aguinaldo (year end bonus) or additional income to buy dollars, given the benefit of saving in dollars would continue until the middle of the first half of 2025. Economists interviewed by LA […]

QCOSTARICA — The expansion of Ruta 27 could threaten the “Parque de Agua” project that the Government and the pro-government legislator Pilar Cisneros want to carry out in the Lorne Ross environmental park in Santa Ana. The mayor of Santa Ana, Juan José Vargas, declared that the projections for the […]

QCOSTARICA — The growing wave of violence that Costa Rica is experiencing spares no one, not even children and adolescents. A total of eight minors are already collateral victims of homicide so far this year. These are eight children and adolescents who lost their lives after one or more “stray” […]

QCOSTARICA — From heavy to constant rains, Costa Rica, almost overnight went from ‘red’, ‘orange’ and ‘yellow’ alerts to ‘green’ for five of the seven regions, due to the strong winds and Cold Push #2. The areas not affected by the alert are the Central and South Pacific (basically the […]

QCOSTARICA — A loan from the Banco Mundial for US$160 million dollars will be used by the Government to repair at least 77 roads affected by the heavy and constant rains of the last two weeks. According to the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (Conavi) – National Road Council, the indirect […]