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#Exchange Rate

Will the dollar appreciate before the end of the year?

Q COSTA RICA — If you're hoping the dollar will rebound by the end of the year, it's best not to get your hopes...
Colombia

U.S. Dollar in Colombia Continues to Fall

Q24N (Colombia) The U.S. dollar took a hit in Colombia on Thursday, July 30, dropping 73.89 pesos against the Representative Market Rate (TRM). This...
Politics

Constitutional Court extends the appointment of substitute magistrates until legislators appoint new ones

Q COSTA RICA — In a landmark ruling for the Costa Rican legal system, the Constitutional Court (Sala IV) extended the appointments of all...
Taxes

Poor and middle-class families will bear the brunt of the IVA increase on basic goods

Q COSTA RICA — “We’re taking away the tax breaks for the wealthy (a colloquial term for the upper class),” said Finance Minister Rodrigo...
Rico's Q

President Laura Fernández ordered: “Diablo cannot escape from ‘La Reforma’. He cannot be killed, and they cannot kill him”

RICO's Q — This week's outbursts, screams and direct attacks on the Judiciary by President Laura Fernández (the puppet) and former president and now...
Politics

José Miguel Villalobos criticized for dual role as an active defense lawyer to an alleged drug trafficker and a ruling-party legislator

Q COSTA RICA — To prevent cases like that of José Miguel Villalobos, a legislator from the ruling party, the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO),...
#Climate

The national weather service forecasts a widespread deterioration in air quality over the next few days

Q COSTA RICA — The Saharan dust, coupled with the presence of haze (a meteorological phenomenon consisting of very small particles of dust, sand,...
Personal Finances

Credit card debt in Costa Rica reached US$3.7 billion

Q COSTA RICA — Credit card debt in Costa Rica reached ¢1,710 billion colones (US$3.71 million dollars) at the close of 2025, according to...
National

65 raids result in 53 arrests and nine police officers under investigation for alleged links to a criminal organization

Q COSTA RICA — The Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD) — Drug Control Police — and the Ministry of Public Security deployed one...
National

Proposed: Child support debtors in Costa Rica would wear electronic ankle monitors instead of going to jail

Q COSTA RICA — An electronic ankle monitor will replace imprisonment for child support debtors in Costa Rica, according to the bill presented this...
Heredia

Stepfather sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing his stepdaughter

Q COSTA RICA — The San Joaquín de Flores (Heredia) Prosecutor's Office sentenced a man named Rojas Campos to 20 years in prison after...