Archives for June 24, 2018

Finance minister Rocío Aguilar warned that the longer the decision on the tax reform is delayed, the greater the cost for Costa Rica. The longer it takes to decide, the more expensive it will be for the country,” said the hierarch when defending the bill to strengthen public finances, which is processed through an abbreviated […]

The Costa Rica Coalition movement objected the State Reform Commission created by the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, last Friday. In a public statement, the Coalition recalled that it is not the first time that groups of this nature have been integrated in Costa Rica and that in the last case, during the administration […]

An informative campaign on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in the cultivation of pineapple, aimed at producers in the Huetar North Zone of the country, seeks to make them aware of the risks and impacts to the environment generated by pineapple crops. The need for this type of initiatives got more obvious after a study conducted […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will hold community blood donation days and you can participate. On June 24th, there was one at the facilities of the Red Cross in San Antonio de Belén. Another one is scheduled for July 1st in Cueva de los Leones in Moravia. Additionally, two community donation days are […]

The Government requested the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) a loan for $425 million to finance the project that will improve water supply in three cantons of Guanacaste. The request was made by the Minister of Finance, Rocío Aguilar, in a note directed on June 11th before the director of the BCIE for […]

The Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (CADEXCO) made a call to the national authorities as a result of the crisis that continues to expand in Nicaragua, the fifth commercial partner of the country. Nicaragua is also a transit territory for exports going to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Although until May the figures to […]