Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s governing Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO) has introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow presidents to serve two consecutive terms and run again after a ...
Each December, the Tope Nacional (horse parade) has brought horses and riders into the streets of San José, turning the capital’s year-end festivities into a public celebration of ...
Costa Rica has reached a first in its institutional history: the country’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches are simultaneously led by women. The change followed the ...
On Monday, Costa Rica began moving prisoners to the new maximum-security complex, located within the walls of the La Reforma Institutional Center, a penitentiary complex located in ...
Agents from the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) arrested a 22-year-old woman surnamed Ortiz—popularly known as the “Bikini Killer”—this Tuesday; she is ...
I can’t remember the last time I ate at McDonald’s—whether in Costa Rica or anywhere else I’ve traveled. It’s just not my thing. Still, a social media post comparing Big Mac ...
The president of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández, has argued that education can help prevent crime, using a striking comparison between her own life path and that of the drug trafficker ...
Read all of the posts by Jen Seymour on Q COSTA RICA ...
The planned expansion of Ruta Nacional 1 between San José and San Ramón has been one of Costa Rica’s most debated infrastructure projects for more than two decades. Intended to ...
Costa Rica will not switch from rain to dryness all at once. The transition will be regional, uneven, and marked by sharp contrasts. Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s 2026 rainy season is expected to begin ...
Dictatorships and Power in Central America and the Caribbean: A History That Still Shapes the Region
Across Central America and the Caribbean, dictatorships and military governments left a lasting imprint on political life. Throughout the 20th century, leaders concentrated power, ...
Nicaraguans make up 87% of refugee applications in Costa Rica, according to Cindy Molina, head of the Refugee Unit at the country’s Directorate General of Migration and Foreign ...
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