Q Costa Rica

RICO’s Q — Earlier this week, the dollar exchange ‘buy’ dipped below ¢500 colones to one US dollar, while the ‘sell’ remained above that level. The dollar exchange, in both the buy and sell, has not been below the ¢500 barrier since May 2008, however, it may be so in […]

QCOSTARICA — The repairs to the runway at the Guanacaste Airpoty (LIR) in Liberia were achieved in record time thanks to donations from two private companies. Due to the heavy rains affecting the province of Guanacaste in recent days, airport operations were shut down last Friday and Saturday and again […]

QCOSTARICA — The Legislative Branch is the institution with the lowest level of trust for Costa Ricans, according to the second report of the Freedom of Expression and Right to Information Program of the University of Costa Rica (Proledi). In a matter of one year, legislators lost three percentage points […]

Q24N (VOA) A new group of about 1,500 migrants left southern Mexico on Wednesday with the intention of reaching the United States before Donald Trump assumes the presidency on January 20, according to its members. They fear that after that date, legal options for migration will close and mass deportations […]

Q24N (VOA) There are three major challenges that will mark the relations between the new US government with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, according to analysts: immigration, drug trafficking and insecurity, and the region’s relations with China. Of the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, El Salvador […]

QCOSTARICA — Court approves Frente Amplio bill. The majority of the magistrates of the Full Court consider it necessary to advance a bill that sanctions with prison sentences for parents who hide inappropriate relationships of their children. This is a reform promoted by the Frente Amplio (FA) party that was […]

QCOSTARICA — Inflatable boats, helmets, life jackets, water rescue ropes, chainsaws, blankets and rope rescue devices, all part of the donations sent by the United States to various institutions to deal with the rain emergencies of the last few days in Costa Rica. The Red Cross, for example, received US$50,000 […]

Q24N (BBC) Almost four months after the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, the United States government recognized the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as “president-elect” of Venezuela. “The people of Venezuela spoke emphatically on July 28 and made @EdmundoGU the president-elect. Democracy demands respect for the will of the voters,” […]

RICO’s Q — It could be assumed that providing for the well-being of parents during their old age, especially when they do not generate their own income or have a pension, is a logical and unquestionable fact for children. However, this is not always the case. The Código de Familia  […]

QCOSTARICA — The national weather service, Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), forecasts that the transition period to the dry season will begin in Costa Rica in the coming weeks. After the country went through a historic storm during the first two weeks of November, it is expected that the dry season […]