A growth in inflation within the range of 2% to 4%, as well as an economic growth figure of 3.2%, (better than in 2018), are the official macroeconomic forecasts for this year. These are some of the estimates contemplated by the Central Bank of Costa Rica in its 2019-2020 Macroeconomic Program, which was presented on […]
Archives for January 29, 2019
Costa Rica gets lower score in the global index on corruption
The impact of the cementazo in the highest ranks of the State caused Costa Rica to get a lower score in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), for the first time in many years. The country had a score of 56 (of 100), but it lost three points compared to 2017. It is the lowest […]
Constitutional Chamber notified resolution on same-sex marriage
On January 28th, the Constitutional Chamber notified the parties involved in one of the resolutions through which same-sex marriage was legalized. The lawyer Yasín Castrillo filed this appeal in 2013. He intended to repeal the articles that prevented marriage between two men or two women. The magistrates ruled in favor on August 8th, 2018. Through […]
Juan Guaidó appoints new diplomatic representative in Costa Rica
(Claudio Sandoval), Panama (Fabiola Zacarce) and Peru (Carlos Scull). The appointment of new diplomatic representatives was unanimously approved in ordinary session,” reported Juan Guaidó, interim president of Venezuela, in his Twitter account. The inauguration of Guaidó during an opposition march was followed by more anti-Maduro protests and riots that left some 40 dead and at […]
Fumigators may be using inappropriate pesticides in your home
Are you one of those people who use agricultural pesticides to fumigate your home or office? If your answer is affirmative, you better be very careful because these chemicals are used exclusively for open fields and for the use of professionals. The Ministry of Health issued a health warning asking the population to use “prepared” […]
Four foreigners arrested suspected of money laundering
The Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of Alajuela issued three months of preventive custody against four foreigners. The three men with named Pérez Barrera, Suchite Galdámez, and Morán Mazariegos, as well as a woman named Aldana Ruano, were arrested at the Juan Santamaría International Airport, as suspects of the crime of money laundering. The Criminal Court of […]