Q Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA — The commuter train service in Costa Rica does not work. It has never worked. Not that it couldn’t. The national railway, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocariles (INCOFER) has failed to provide a reliable commuter train service in Costa Rica, despite there being a demand for it. Artist rendering […]

QCOSTARICA — While most owners of vehicles are focused on paying the 2024 Marchamo, the INS is attempting to convince people of the potential of the ‘Digital Marchamo’ for the 2025 Marchamo. The controversy of is use of an RFID radio frequency chip that will be used in the Digital […]

QCOSTARICA — The immigration policies implemented by Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Honduras, as well as other Latin American nations, promoted by the United States, instead of reducing the number of migrants and asylum seekers, have forced people in transit to choose along irregular and extremely dangerous routes, as is […]

QCOSTARICA — In a report released Wednesday, November 15, the United States Department of the Treasury described Costa Rican, Gilbert Hernán of Los Angeles Bell Fernández, known as “Macho Coca,” as one of the most notorious and important drug traffickers in the region. This is the first time that a […]

QCOSTARICA — Limiting or revoking the prison benefits, strengthening flagrante delicto courts, having better tools to seize illicit money from drug traffickers, and preventing violence against minors are among the initiatives proposed by legislators to stop the wave of homicides that is shaking the country. The opposition, though not against […]

What are the best tools a business can use for effective collaboration in team projects? If truth be told, there are too many to count, and that is why it is vital that each business out there finds its own pattern and toolkit that proves the most reliable for them. […]

Q REPORTS (Vice.com) “Think of every non-organic pineapple you eat as taking years of your life.” This was not something I expected to hear in my first few days of my soul-nourishing Costa Rican holiday. I’d actually been planning to spend it largely sipping, um, piña coladas, but meeting the […]

QCOSTARICA — With Christmas just around the corner, salaried workers will receive more than ¢1 billion colones in Aguinaldo or year-end bonuses. Avoiding expensive gifts, maintaining emotional control, and not getting into debt are vital recommendations for the year-end bonus – Aguinaldo – that is just around the corner The […]

QCOSTARICA — The Ministerio Publica (Prosecutor’s Office) does not rule out investigating senior officials of the Banco Nacional Costa Rica (BNCR) in the case known as “Gallo Tapado”, of the missing ¢3.293 billion colones from the State bank’s vault. Prosecutor Rónald Segura made the statement on Saturday to Telenoticias television […]

QCOSTARICA — Very soon many forested parts of Costa Rica will be alive with the song of chicharras, cicadas. They are also known as cigarras in Spanish, but chicharra is more commonly used in Costa Rica. Despite the overwhelming noise, the cicadas generally remain well hidden in the trees—they are […]