Government authorities confirmed on Wednesday that Rodrigo Chaves, country director of the World Bank of Indonesia, will take office as Minister of Finance after Rocío Aguilar. Chaves has a broad career in the international organization, where he previously served as Director of the Department of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Latin America and the Caribbean […]

Costa Rica stands out as the possible host of COP25, after the Chilean government announced that it will not hold the summit due to the turbulent situation in that country. After hearing the news, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) said that the organization of a conference of this level, has a long logistic […]

The bill passed Monday by legislators to fight plastic pollution in the country does not satisfy the government. On Tuesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Víctor Morales Mora, admitted that the Executive Branch would have preferred a “more robust” legislation than the one passed in the first debate by 44 legislators on Monday. In terms […]

The government plans to extend the benefits of rescue credit plans for non-salaried people, those who are working on informality or on their own. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Planning, Pilar Garrido, in a transmission from the Facebook Live platform from the official account of the president, Carlos Alvarado. The transmission, […]

The Ministers of Agriculture of the Latin American region met this week in the country to discuss food security. The meeting is organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Manuel Otero, director of this forum, said that throughout the week the leaders will talk about crucial issues of a key sector for […]