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El Salvador’s Bukele visit to Costa Rica stirs political controversy

Q COSTARICA — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele visited Costa Rica during the final days of its presidential...
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Ortega eliminates dual nationality, a blow to the exile community

QCOSTARICA — Nicaragua’s legislature ratified a constitutional reform on Wednesday,...
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RICO's Q —On Wednesday, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, joined...
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In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. Embassy and Consular Section will...
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Costa Rica NOT on U.S. visa processing freeze list

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. State Department announced it will...

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Ortega eliminates dual nationality, a blow to the exile community

QCOSTARICA — Nicaragua’s legislature ratified a constitutional reform on Wednesday, January 14, that ends the right...
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El Salvador’s Bukele visit to Costa Rica stirs political controversy

Q COSTARICA — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele visited Costa Rica during the final days of...
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What’s wrong with this picture?

RICO's Q —On Wednesday, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, joined by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and...
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American gunned down in Costa Rica

Q COSTARICA — The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) released updated details regarding the shooting death...
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In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. Embassy and Consular Section will be closed on Monday, January 19,...

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Italy isn’t just a place — it’s a feeling you’ve been...

RICO's Q — The other day, I came across a post on social media listing countries with strong Italian roots, and like many others,...
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Costa Rica NOT on U.S. visa processing freeze list

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. State Department announced it will suspend all visa processing for 75...
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Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, makes an official visit to...

Q COSTARICA — Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, is on an official visit to Costa...
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Alleged death threat against Rodrigo Chaves

Q COSTARICA — The head of the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) — Costa...
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China accuses new US ambassador of “sowing discord” in Costa Rica

Q COSTARICA — After asserting that Melinda Hildebrand, the new United States ambassador to Costa Rica,...
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The current government will leave office without having purchased a single...

Q COSTARICA — What once felt like a minor inconvenience, traffic congestion has now turned into...
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The ‘Donroe doctrine’ jeopardizes two decades of...

Q REPORTS (EFE) — The U.S. intervention in Venezuela is testing China's influence in Latin America...
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Which countries improved the most this year?

Q24N (MercoPress) The Economist has chosen two countries for outstanding/impressive...
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US ends family reunification immigration program for seven countries...

Q24N (EFE)— The United States announced last Friday the termination...
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2025: Another year with homicides “out of control”

Q COSTARICA — On February 4, after several days of...
Latin America

U.S. refuses citizenship—and sometimes even rejects applicants with insults—to...

Q COSTARICA — The U.S. government has stopped processing citizenship...

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Ortega eliminates dual nationality, a blow to...

QCOSTARICA — Nicaragua’s legislature ratified a constitutional reform on Wednesday, January 14, that ends the right...
Nicaragua

Ortega and Murillo’s Greatest Fear Is Betrayal from Within...

Q24N — Lawyer and former opposition legislator Eliseo Núñez told...
Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Releases 20 Political Prisoners After US Pressure

Q24N (100% Noticias) The Nicaraguan dictatorship announced the release of...
Nicaragua

Sandinistas receive orders to “denounce” anyone who supports the...

Q24N (Nicaragua Investiga) Thousands of Sandinistas are active throughout the...

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Costa Rica is awarded as the best health and wellness destination

Q COSTARICA — The renowned Spanish lifestyle magazines and platforms Men’s Health and Women’s Health awarded Costa...
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Costa Rica inaugurates direct Westjet flight from Vancouver to Guanacaste

Q COSTARICA --  Guanacaste Airport, in Liberia (LIR), celebrated the...
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New Routes from the U.S. and Canada at the Guanacaste Airport

Q COSTARICA — Guanacaste Airport in Liberia (LIR) inaugurated two...
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Forbes highlights Costa Rica as one of the 6 best places...

Q COSTARICA — The province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica...
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‘No permission, no travel’: UK to enforce new digital travel permit...

Q COSTARICA (Euronews)—You won’t be able to travel to the...
The Second Column

Tourists traveling to U.S. from Costa Rica will have to comply with a new entry and exit requirement starting December 26

Q COSTARICA — Starting on Friday, December 26, 2025, all non-U.S. citizens, including legal...

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From X-Men to Cóbano: Hugh Jackman, the eternal Wolverine, enjoys Costa Rica

Q COSTARICA — Acclaimed Australian-British actor Hugh Jackman arrived...
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Hollywood’s Vacation Hotspot: Nathan Fillion, Jimmy Fallon and Hugh Jackman in Costa Rica

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica has quietly become the go-to getaway for Hollywood’s biggest names looking...
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Costa Rica is going to pass on Mrs. Universe 2025

Q COSTARICA -- María Teresa Rodríguez, former Miss Costa...

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