With a massive demonstration, thousands of workers joined to protest this Wednesday against the tax reform in San José. The block of national unions joined efforts and called for a protest that extended from the Church of La Merced to the Legislative Assembly. Albino Vargas, secretary general of the National Association of Public and Private […]
Archives for April 2018
There is a strike on Second Avenue today
There is a strike scheduled for today on Second Avenue, as a protest against the Law for Strengthening Public Finances. The demonstration will begin at 10:00 a.m. at La Merced Park and take the Second Avenue to the Legislative Assembly. Albino Vargas, general secretary of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEP), said that the […]
Migration is considering allowing Nicaraguans in to save them
The Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners (DGME) is preparing for an eventual increase in the number of Nicaraguans who want to enter the country, due to the political crisis that Nicaragua is currently experiencing. We would have to assess the possibility of allowing admission, much more when people need safety or leave their country […]
90% of graduates from universities in the country have a job
More than 90% of graduates from public and private universities in the country have a job. This was determined by the most recent study carried out by the Labor Observatory of Professionals of the National Council of Rectors (Conare). Of the total graduates, 78.4% of them are wage workers, while 12.1% are independent workers. As […]
PLN will vote for PAC to get the Presidency of the Congress
According to the future leader of the PLN faction, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, the 17 new legislators of the National Liberation Party (PLN) will vote for the candidate proposed by the ruling Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) for the Presidency of the Legislative Assembly. The liberationist clarified that the support will be only for the first legislature, […]
New version of fiscal project would generate 2.4% of GDP
The new version of the fiscal reform project (Law on Strengthening Public Finances) would generate resources equivalent to 2.4% of GDP. This figure is higher than the previously estimated 1.9%. With the new calculation, 1.4 percentage points would come from new revenues and 1 percentage point from spending cuts. This was explained by Finance Minister, […]