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QCOSTARICA –  Géiner Gómez is the agent of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) – Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigative Agency –  who was killed on October 5 while doing his job. From Semanario Universidad Given the pain and shock that this event produces, it is worth remembering the warning issued […]

QCOSTARICA — On average, six out of every ten homicides committed in Costa Rica are in one of the 12 most dangerous cantons in the country. The violence associated with drug trafficking and murders is linked to a small group of communities that recorded more than 20 homicides each between […]

QCOSTARICA — A new boost to foreign investment and employment, the elimination of uncertainty over the dollar exchange rate, thus favoring businesses and debtors, and the certainty that the State would not manipulate interest rates to keep down the inflation, would be some of the advantages for the Costa Rican […]

QCOSTARICA  –  Costa Rica celebrated on Friday, December 1,  the 75th anniversary of the Día de la Abolición del Ejército (Abolition of the Army Day), a landmark that put the country in the world spotlight as a reference of peace and democracy amid significant social and security challenges. Photograph of […]

Canada’s Air Transat has announced two routes that will be moved from a seasonal service to available year-round. These routes connect Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to the Guanacaste airport in Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) and San Salvador International (SAL) in El Salvador. On Thursday, Air Transat announced two […]

QCOSTARICA — Starting next year and for a period of 12 months, Costa Rican lawyer and judge Nancy Hernández will preside over the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Nancy Hernández, will preside over the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the period 2024-2025 Hérnandez will replace the Uruguayan Eduardo Pérez […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica is currently facing a harsh reality: it is losing many of its young people to violent deaths such as homicides, traffic accidents and suicides. According to OIJ statistics, in 2022, a total of 432 people died by suicide, 114 (26.39%) being young people, specifically 95 men […]

QCOSTARICA — In an effort to revolutionize the aviation industry and offer sustainable transportation alternatives, Costa Rican businessman and aviation mechanic, Jesse Blenn, has carried out an innovative project that has also captured global interest; ultralight electric airships, the first in the world for ecological tourism. Proposed airships to be […]

QCOSTARICA — In a joint effort, the Ruta 27 Concessionaire Globalvia and the National Insurance Institute (INS) come together this Wednesday, November 29, to launch an Campaña de Sensibilización (Awareness Campaign) on the importance of safe driving, in time for the beginning of the end-of-year festivities. Starting at 9:00 am, […]

QCOSTARICA — With just over a month left until the end of the year, 2023 has become the year with the most murders in the history of Costa Rica and, simultaneously, the year with the most homicides against women. More than 800 homicides have been recorded in total, of which […]