QCOSTARICA — With the right Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the necessary technical knowledge, anyone could muddy the 2026 presidential campaign with “deepfakes.” These are images, videos, audios and other multimedia content generated through these new technological tools, which have enormous potential for productivity and education, but also to generate […]
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Q24N (TheGuardian) For more than 20 years, Lidieth Gomez’s days have been punctuated by the hum of crop-spraying planes. At dawn and dusk, the skies over Matina, capital of Limón province on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, are filled with aircraft spraying a viscous rain of agrochemicals on to banana plantations. […]
QCOSTARICA — Starting October 1, just like in other countries or in movies, getting married in Costa Rica is less complicated, individuals will have the option to get married directly at the Civil Registry. The changes are a result of the implementation of the new Family Procedural Code (Código Procesal […]
QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s Attorney General, Carlo Diaz, responded to the attacks of President Rodrigo Chaves against the Public Ministry on Wednesday during the weekly cabinet meeting, accusing the Judicial Branch of “harassing” him. Wednesday morning, the Fiscalía (Prosecutor’s Office) raided the offices of the Ministry of Health to investigate […]
QCOSTARICA — To avoid blackouts during the coming dry (summer) season, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) – the State monopoly on electricity – says it is already preparing a series of measures to deal with the lack of rain that the country is currently experiencing. At a press conference, […]
QCOSTARICA (OP-ED by Barbara Steenstrup) A friend, who also lives in Costa Rica, asked me the other day, “What is the advantage of U.S. citizens living in Costa Rica?” There are the usual replies. It is a beautiful country with kind people. It is close enough to the United States […]
QCOSTARICA — Vehicle noise in the central area of Heredia has reached worrying levels, according to a recent study by Valeria Leitón and Melissa Solórzano, graduates of the Bachelor of Environmental Management Engineering at the Universidad Nacional (UNA). The report, which covered the period between 2021 and 2022, revealed that […]
QCOSTARICA — The increase in traffic accidents on Costa Rican roads continues to be a cause for concern for the State insurer, Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) and given the impact that these events have on society, is reinforcing its commitment to road safety through a new phase of its […]
Q24N (EFE via 14ymedio) At least 291 migrants have disappeared or died so far in 2024 on the dangerous maritime routes of the Caribbean, and international protection actions must be increased, according to the Program of Missing Migrants of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The organization added that the […]
QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica legislators are calling on former minister of public works and transport (MOPT), Luis Amador, to appear before them to the controversial airport contract award. After being fired by President Rodrigo Chaves on March 12, 2024, Amador returned to Canada, where he had been residing and working […]