Q Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA — President Rodrigo Chaves’ anti-corruption agenda, which became one of the distinctive elements of his election campaign, seems completely relegated in the legislative arena, two-thirds of the way through his administration. Although it was one of the relevant issues of his electoral promise, placed in the fourth point of […]

OP-ED by Barbara Steenstrup — Over but not over – do we grieve, do we shout, do we hibernate? For any readers who have been reading op-eds by me and other articles about we U.S. citizens living in Costa Rica, and members of Democrats Abroad, you know that I voted […]

RICO’s Q – As I sit at my computer updating the Q, it is 4:34 am and it is raining cats and dogs out there. It is unusual to be raining at this hour. But it is. The river in my backyard is roaring. If you’re anything like me, and […]

QCOSTARICA — During his visit to the La Reforma Penitentiary Center, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele warned that Costa Rica is showing the same signs of violence that El Salvador had 40 years ago. After touring different modules, such as closed median and maximum security, he indicated that the State must […]

QCOSTARICA — A group of soldiers from the Salvadoran Armed Forces entered Costa Rica on Wednesday as part of the aid brigade announced on Monday by President Nayib Bukele in response to the rainy emergency during his official visit to Costa Rica. The entry, however, was without prior approval from […]

QCOSTARICA — Guanacaste, by far, has been the hardest hit by the rains of the last several days. According to meteorologists, in just six days, Guanacaste recorded accumulated rainfall equivalent to all the water that falls in an average November. “In some areas it has rained 8, 9 and 10 […]

QCOSTARIA — The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) raised the entire Pacific slope to ‘Red Alert’, given that the rains are expected to continue throughout the week, according to the national weather service, the  Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN). In addition, the high saturation of the soils due to the rains […]

Q24N (Confidencial) Miss Universe, the Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios, will turn over her crown to the new Miss Universe on November 16, 2024. During her reign she visited at least 31 countries, becoming the most traveled international beauty queen ever. However, she is also the only Miss Universe who did not […]

Q24N (Confidencial) At the end of 2023, well-known political writer Robert Kagan wrote an article that provoked controversy among the politically aware public. The title speaks for itself: “A Trump dictatorship is ever more inevitable.” The reason Kagan cited to prove his thesis was the demonstrated inability of the US […]

QCOSTARICA — In anticipation of the peak or high tourist season that runs from December 2024 to April 2025, the Juan Santamaría International Airport, better known as the San Jose Airport (SJO), has begun implementing a series of operational and infrastructure improvements to optimize the experience of its passengers and […]