Yearly Archives: 2015

(QCOSTARICA) - One of the top frustrating things about living in Costa Rica are cockroaches or cucarachas in Spanish. They are everywhere. They are unavoidable. Cucarachas or "cucas" as some Ticos call them can become a real problem if you don't keep your house clean and take proper measures to...

(COSTA RICA EXTRA) - Donald Trump's offensive remarks about Mexicans has led the Univision, the biggest Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, to drop the Miss USA pageant, an event partially owned by Trump. Last week, in his speech announcing a run for president, Trump deplored immigrants from Mexico who...

  (QCOSTARICA) During a meeting of the heads of the supreme powers, a proposal was presented in which judicial employees, including judges, will be periodically evaluated and in failing three consecutive evaluations, will be subject to dismissal. The president of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Jusitica), Zarela Villanueva, said the...