Archives for July 2018

According to a Google study, Costa Rica is in the top 10 of the most searched Central American and Caribbean countries in 2017. In a study conducted in 2018, Google identified that the number of tourists visiting countries in Central America and the Caribbean and global searches in Google have a direct and very high […]

Álvaro Pereira, Acting Chief Economist of the OECD, gave some remarks on the fiscal situation in Costa Rica, demanding No more excuses! There is no more time, it is very important to move forward with the fiscal issue.” According to the representative, if there is no swift progress in the tax reform there can be […]

President Carlos Alvarado said on Thursday that there are many people who want to discuss the issue of abortion now because it is the only way they can make themselves visible. According to Alvarado, he has a commitment to the issue of therapeutic abortion, but he has four years to get around it. In 2017, […]

The business sector gave its support to the service provided by the Uber transport company, whose operation is debated by the owners of taxi concessions. We must live in realities and one of those realities is that Costa Ricans appreciate this type of service, so we believe it’s convenient to regulate the service and that […]

At least 17 Salvadorans from gangs known as maras have tried to enter the country and obtain refugee status. This was announced on Wednesday night by the director of the Migration Police Elías Quesada, summoned to the Security Commission together with the director of Migration Raquel Vargas, to explain the attention that the entity is […]

On Wednesday night, after more than five hours of meeting between the Presidency and the taxi drivers, these transporters agreed to suspend their demonstrations. Representatives of the union assured to be satisfied with the agreements reached with the Executive Power. The group insists on regulating and intervening in the way Uber operates. Minutes before 10:30 […]