The Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica expressed its concern about the impossibility of transporting goods through Nicaragua, both for imports and for exports. According to the chamber, companies have been forced to use alternative means of transport such as shipping and aircrafts, which have increased logistics costs by up to 70%. At the moment […]
Archives for June 2018
Cartago will vibrate with Festival of Visual Arts
The first edition of a Festival of Visual Arts will fill Cartago with paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs. The event will be held next Friday and Saturday at Casa de la Ciudad. As explained by the organization, the first day will be dedicated to the genres of painting and sculpture with live artistic creations, scheduled […]
Employees join efforts and install solar panels on company
A new sustainable project surprised neighbors of Belén, after employees of a center for construction materials joined efforts and invested in 100 solar panels. The devices were placed in the headquarters of El Lagar in San Antonio and became the first sustainable branch after the investment of $70 thousand and a joint work with the […]
Kim and Trump meet in Singapore
At a historical meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump are at a Singapore hotel for a political meeting. They shook hands on Tuesday morning. The leaders had a solo interview, before a meeting with their respective teams and a work lunch. Despite the spectacular diplomatic approach of recent months, […]
10 keys to understand the tax plan
Do you know what the bill for the Strengthening of Public Finances is about? This initiative is soon to be approved in the Legislative Assembly and, although it has a very sophisticated name, it is something as simple as new taxes that would come into force – if everything goes as the Government has planned- […]
Campaign seeks that for more Ticos say no to single-use plastic
More than 80% of the pollution of the seas comes from terrestrial sources, and more than 80% of it corresponds to some type of plastic. Similarly, it is estimated that around 270 thousand metric tons of plastic float in the oceans, fragmented into five billion particles and every year, eight million tons of plastic are […]