Archives for August 2018

According to George Gordon, Uber’s new regional director of Uber, Costa Rica has a population of nearly five million people and it has the highest percentage of Uber users in Latin America. Uber is a mobile platform that facilitates contact between passengers and drivers of private vehicles. According to the company, Central America and the […]

Meetings with taxi drivers, Uber drivers, businessmen, and users would be the first steps of the legislative discussion for the regulation of this service. César López, president of the National Chamber of Drivers of Technological Platforms (Canacontec), confirmed that on Monday they met with legislator of the Christian Social Unity Party, and president of the […]

The University of Costa Rica (UCR) calls for more people to join the campaign # noseásindiferente (don’t be indifferent) that seeks to eliminate single-use plastic. The idea is that people say no to straws, plastic bags, and bottles that remain a few minutes in our hands, but take years to disappear. Plastic represents 13% of […]

A survey by the consulting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) revealed that between 2016 and 2018 the number of companies -public or private- that reported having been victims of a crime (fraud, bribery, etc.) increased by 25%. According to the results of the study “Fraud and corruption, an analysis of its impact on organizations,” in […]

The draft fiscal plan that is processed in the Legislative Assembly and that until this weekend exonerated the products of the basic basket from paying the value added tax (VAT) has made entrepreneurs of the food sector very unhappy, as they believe the rush in the way the initiative is being processed is causing a […]