Qcostarica News Updates

Last Thursday, August 7, the new tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump went into effect. In the case of Costa Rica, the tariff was set at 15%, one of the highest in Central America. As explained by Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves, Costa Rica is among the countries… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Mother’s Day (Día de la Madre), celebrated in Costa Rica every August 15, has established itself as one of the most significant dates on the Costa Rican calendar, both for its emotional significance and its economic impact. It ranks third in commercial importance, surpassed only by Christmas… Read more »

Q24N (BloombergLinea.com) Latin America remains trapped in the dilemma of low productivity, despite being one of the regions with the longest working hours in the world. This makes it difficult to generate quality jobs and recruit workers, especially in Central American and Caribbean countries. The World Bank has noted a… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica has the highest minimum wage in Latin America for the first half of 2025, according to a Bloomberg Línea study published on June 26 of this year. The analysis compares monthly minimum wages in 17 countries in the region. For comparison purposes, the data was… Read more »

Q COSTA RICA — On July 29, Costa Rica joined five other Latin American nations (Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay) and more than 40 countries and international organizations in adopting the definition of antisemitism, which is a form of prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against Jews. The International Holocaust… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Residents and activists in Santa Ana held a grand celebration Tuesday night after the City Council unanimously approved a modification to the Regulatory Plan that limits the land uses of the Lorne Ross Urban Natural Park to those defined in the Management Plan approved by the National… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves kept the public guessing about whether he would step down from his presidency until the very last moment when he revealed that he would not. Despite speculation about his potential candidacy as a legislator in the 2026 elections, Chaves had actually made… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves explained away on Wednesday why he believes the United States increased taxes on Costa Rican products by up to 15%, despite the “close” relationship he boasts about with the Donald Trump administration. At his weekly briefing following a cabinet session, insisting on… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Behind the banking cyberfraud epidemic hitting Costa Rica, there are no independent criminals, but rather complex structures that operate as criminal enterprises, according to various experts who spoke to SemanarioUniversidad.com. “We have been able to detect that they are coordinated structures. In many of these cases, they… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — For the country’s producers and productive sectors, the news that the United States has imposed 15% tariffs, higher than the 10% announced last April, is unexpected and disappointing, especially since the Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) had assured that negotiations were on track. Business chambers were quick… Read more »