Qcostarica News Updates

Hiking as a past-time invokes images of rugged men (and women) braving the elements in perilous conditions. We imagine Hillary conquering Mt Everest, or Bear Grylls surviving off of the land. While this is the imagery that hiking invokes, it is nothing like the gentle and pleasurable leisure activity that… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — Texas Tech University and its Costa Rica campus (TTU – Costa Rica) announced that it is offering an affordable, high-quality alternative to earning a U.S. degree directly from Latin America. This comes amid growing uncertainty surrounding U.S. immigration policies and the challenges faced by international students wishing to… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — Twenty years have passed since the approval of the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC- CAFTA-DR) – Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. This trade agreement promised legal certainty for the parties and established a series of trade safeguards in the event… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — The Rodrigo Chaves Robles administration’s attempt to force the Legislative Assembly to once again decide on the future of the Low-Cost Flights Law between Costa Rica and Central America, which the Executive branch vetoed, failed on Thursday, leading legislators to leave at 4:00 pm because there were no… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — Low personal income tax collection continues to be a constant in Latin America, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In Costa Rica, non-compliance with this tax among individuals with profit-making activities reached 82.7%, while among salaried workers it drops significantly to 3.5%. This phenomenon… Read more »

Q24N (DW) Former U.S. school buses get a new lease on life in Panama as tourist or local transport, often kitted out with sound systems and neon lights. Once a year, the so-called Red Devils even have a go at being racing cars. From school bus to art object Everyday… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rica national weather service issued a green alert in anticipation of the arrival of a new tropical wave today, Wednesday, May 28, associated with widespread heavy rains across most of the country. According to forecasts by the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), Tropical Wave #3, combined with… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — In a police operation that shakes the country’s telecommunications and cybersecurity landscape, Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s Cybercrime Unit agents raided the telecoms Liberty, Telecable, and state operator, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), operator of the kölbi brand, on Tuesday, due to… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — With less than nine until the end of the current administration, the Progressive Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Progresista – PLP) is virtually without representation in Congress. Of the six elected legislators, only two remain with that party, with the resignation on Tuesday of Luis Diego Vargas, who considered… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica hopes to soon reach an agreement with the United States to eliminate the 10% tariff applied last April to Costa Rican exports, as part of a series of levies it imposed on almost the entire world, according to an official source in the Central American country.… Read more »