Q Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA — Sadness and frustration were the feelings that reigned in front of the Venezuelan Embassy in San José, Costa Rica after the electoral authority of Venezuela announced the reelection of Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelans in Costa Rica showed their discontent on Sunday night after learning the results of the presidential […]

QCOSTARICA — The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, said that he “repudiates” the “fraudulent” reelection of Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela. On Sunday, Venezuela its presidential elections, which were won by Nicolás Maduro, according to the official announcement by the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) – Venezuela elections authority […]

QCOSTARICA — River floods and collapsed sewers due to the heavy downpours Friday afternoon caused some 29 incidents in different parts of the country, including several sections of the Circunvalación (ring road around San José). Reports of flooding on some sections of the Circunvalación resulted in huge traffic jams, in […]

Q24N (Apa) — The Paris Olympics are set to go down in history as the worst opening ceremony in sporting history. It all started with the forced displacement of homeless and unregistered people from the areas where the competitions and the opening ceremony will be held in Paris in preparation […]

El gasto total acumulado del Gobierno de la República al mes de mayo creció en ¢290.334 millones en comparación con el mismo periodo del año anterior, alcanzando así los ¢3,7 billones (millones de millones). Esta partida equivale al 7,6% del producto interno bruto (PIB) del país, cifra que aumentó en […]

QCOSTARICA.COM — In the framework of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the participation of former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla stands out not only as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but also for her recent meeting with a sports legend. Chinchilla, who became the first Costa Rican […]

Q24N — A parody of the Last Supper during Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics sparked a backlash, including from Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota. Drag queens parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s rendition of the Last Supper, Jesus Christ’s final meal with his disciples. In a video post on […]

QCOSTARICA — During his election campaign leading to the 2022 presidential elections, Rodrigo Chaves promised to follow a course of fighting corruption. Contradictorily, the president’s proposals in his “Ley Jaguar’ (Jaguar Law) represent going in the opposite direction and going back some 75 years in the progress made in actions […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s customs service (Dirección General de Aduanas) assures that everything is ready to begin collecting taxes on all purchases made online, from portals such as Amazon and China to large imports. The general director of that department of the Ministry of Finance, Cristian Montiel, confirmed that this […]

QCOSTARICA — The leader of the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN) legislative faction, Oscar Izquierdo, harshly criticized President Rodrigo Chaves, saying that the President is inciting the population to violence if the Ley Jaguar (Jaguar Law) does not pass the Constitutional Court’s review. The statement made by the Chaves during the […]