Q Costa Rica

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, […]

Q24N (VOA) Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition. Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios reacts after being crowned Miss Universe at the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El […]

Q24N (VOA) Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft. Migrants take a break from doing chores at the Agape migrant shelter in […]

QCOSTARICA (Daily Mail) American actor and filmmaker. Bradley Cooper caused plenty of controversy around his new Netflix biopic Maestro, of which he stars in and directed. Biopic: Maestro tells the story of the behind the scenes Broadway legend Leonard Bernstein and his relationship with Felicia Montealegre, who stayed with him […]

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 […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica is becoming known for being a more expensive destination than New York, according to Rubén Acón, president of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur). Acón once again called on the authorities of the Banco Central de Costa Rica (Central Bank) and the government of Rodrigo Chaves […]

QCOSTARICA — The province of San José has logged 200 homicides this year and Alajuela is almost at 100 – an unprecedented amount, 2023 becoming the deadliest year in the history of Costa Rica. In total, this year so far has recorded 826 homicides, an increase of over 44% compared […]