Q Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA — 135 foreigners arrived in Costa Rica on Thursday after being expelled by US President Donald Trump, among them were 65 children and two pregnant women. The group of migrants is made up of citizens from Afghanistan (9), Armenia (17), Azerbaijan (6), China (26), Georgia (8), Ghana (2), Iran […]

QCOSTARICA — While Costa Rica’s Executive and Legislative Branches battle out a bill for low fares in Central America, one of the airlines serving the region, Colombia flag airline Avianca, announced the launch of a new route that will directly connect San José, Costa Rica, with Managua, Nicaragua, starting on […]

QCOSTARICA — Metered street parking will return to the capital city no later than mid-April, with the Municipality of San José signing a contract with the Setex-Alpha San José Consortium. The reactivation of the parking meters, essential for vehicle regulation in the central canton, will be possible after the municipal […]

QCOSTARICA — A couple of weeks after Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, visited Costa Rica, two Costa Rican legislators were stripped of their visas to enter the United States They are Johana Obando and Cinthya Córdoba, both from the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The decision is announced amid growing […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica will receive 200 migrants deported by the United States, of which 50 are children who will remain in Costa Rica for a maximum of six weeks before being repatriated to their places of origin, according to President Rodrigo Chaves. The expenses of their stay will be […]

QCOSTARICA — Rather than benefiting Costa Rica, US$50 (¢25,000 colones) one-way flights to any destination in Central America have the potential to ruin countless businesses in Costa Rica. And this is the main reason why President Rodrigo Chaves vetoed the bill approved by legislators last week, which would allow Costa […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves Robles vetoed the approved bill to promote low-cost flights between Costa Rica and Central America. This was announced by the presidency through the letter signed by the Minister of Finance, Nogui Acosta; the Minister of Tourism, William Rodríguez; Efraín Zeledón, Minister of Public […]

QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rican government announced Monday night that it will collaborate with the United States in the repatriation of immigrants of other nationalities, who will be transferred to Costa Rica and then continue to their countries of origin. “The Costa Rican government agreed to collaborate with the United […]

QCOSTARICA — An unconstitutionality action accepted by the Constitutional Court, Sala IV as is often referred to, froze for an indefinite period the process of selling the loan portfolio, both good and bad, of the extinct Coopeservidores. The measure also freezes any transaction for vehicles, properties and real estate, so […]

QCOSTARICA — 10% of the vehicles registered during January in Costa Rica were electric, according to the Asociación Costarricense de Movilidad Eléctrica (Asomove) – Costa Rican Electric Mobility Association. A total of 967 ‘zero-emission’ cars were registered during the first month of 2025, a record number. Asomove projects that, at […]