Qcostarica News Updates

Q COSTARICA — The section of the Interamericana Norte (Ruta 1) highway that crosses Cambronero will remain closed indefinitely after the landslide that destroyed part of the highway last weekend. Initially, the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) -Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Costa Rica, Pablo Camacho… Read more »

Q24N (Confidencial) Nicaragua is the only country in the world where ministries, state institutions, or collegial bodies are led by two officials. These “co-leaderships” have become the norm within the Nicaraguan Executive Branch — a mechanism that, according to exiled political analysts, the “co-president” Rosario Murillo has put in place… Read more »

Q COSTARICA (Confidencial) An “order” for “political reasons” is the motive gaining the most “traction” each day in the investigation into the murder in Costa Rica of Nicaraguan ex-military officer Roberto Samcam. Randall Zúñiga, director of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), and Costa Rican Attorney General Carlo Díaz, monitoring… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s business sector is running into a wall — a shortage of bilingual talent that’s starting to bite into growth.  As companies aim to compete globally, the ability to communicate in more than one language, especially English, has become a must-have skill. Without enough bilingual workers… Read more »

Q COSTARICA (Op-Ed) Government is responsible for many driving problems. in Costa Rica, the only way to drive is to be hyper alert and to treat anyone you see as a maniac out to attack you. Other problems include: – Terrible roads. Skidding in floodwaters due to bad drainage is… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — The implementation of the Ministerio de Hacienda’s new Tribu-CR system will mark a turning point in the way Costa Rican taxpayers comply with their tax obligations. For this reason, starting this Monday, October 6, Hacienda (Ministry of Finance) will migrate its main current platforms (ATV, TRAVI, DeclaraWeb,… Read more »

Q COSTARICA  (EFE) Almost six months after the United States implemented the 10% universal tariff (15% in Costa Rica and 18% in Nicaragua), exports from Central America and the Dominican Republic to the United States, its main trading partner, continue an upward trend driven by rising international prices and uncertainty… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — María Teresa Rodríguez, former Miss Costa Rica 2008 and current host at Teletica, has confirmed that Costa Rica will not participate in this year’s Mrs. Universe pageant. Rodríguez, who manages the Mrs. Universe franchise in Costa Rica alongside her friend, model Johanna García, shared the news in… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — A steady increase in traffic accidents and the number of people injured and killed in accidents is also causing the Compulsory Auto Insurance (SOA) premium to rise in Costa Rica. This is one of the components of the annual vehicle circulation permit known as the Marchamo, and… Read more »

Q COSTARICA — Vehicle traffic on Route 1 in the Cambronero sector remains completely closed after a massive landslide caused by heavy rains in recent hours washed away most of the road surface. Several images circulating on social media show the impact of the landslide that occurred between the Piedra… Read more »