On November 3th, Latin American and the Caribbean food lovers will be able to enjoy it the headquarters of IICA in Coronado. This is a family activity with the main objective of raising funds for social welfare projects. This fair has been going on for more than 40 years and the Association, along with the […]
Archives for October 31, 2018
Trump warns that he could send up to 15 thousand soldiers to the border with Mexico
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that up to 15,000 troops could be deployed on the US-Mexico border to stop Central American migrants. With respect to the caravan of migrants, our military is deployed. We have 5,000 and we’re going to go up to 10,000 or 15,000,” said Trump from the White House grounds. […]
Lower vehicle property tax this year
The owners of more than 2.3 million vehicles will pay on average 7.76% less for the property tax on vehicles in the collection for 2019. This was announced by the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday night. The entity estimates a total collection of ¢175 billion with this tax. Citizens may find out the tax value […]
NR demands explanations from Central Bank regarding exchange rate increase
The National Restoration Party (PRN) made an urgent call for the president of the Central Bank, Rodrigo Cubero, to explain the situation of the dollar as well as the market projections. The sale of the currency reached ¢629 on Thursday. The head of fraction Carlos Avendaño said that this rise generates an impact on the […]
Bloomberg warns about this government’s financing problems
The stock information platform Bloomberg alerted on Wednesday about Costa Rica’s financing problems. According to the site, the demand for debt swaps, in which it managed to extend indebtedness by ¢ 400,000 million, was below expected and the offer of placement contracts had a low participation. It means that Costa Rica is having financing problems,” […]
Attorney General has more time to investigate cementazo
The Criminal Court of Finance of Goicoechea accepted the request of the Public Ministry to declare cementazo as a complex procedure case. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in a document on the terms of the Criminal Procedure, a case can be declared complex because of the high number of facts being investigated, the number […]