Monday 2 October 2023

Will the tax values of vehicles increase before the Marchamo on Nov 1?

QCOSTARICA -- Tax value (valor fiscal en Spanish) of vehicles is at the whim of the Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance). The value...

Costa Rica declares a state of emergency due to ‘migration crisis’ and prepares deportations

QCOSTARICA -- Costa Rica's migration crisis got out of...

Costa Rica’s economy would be the third with the highest growth in Latin America in 2023

QCOSTARICA -- Projections from the United Nations Economic Commission...

Costa Rica clarifies tax treatment of crypto-assets

QCOSTARICA - Costa Rica's tax authority - issued a private letter ruling giving a general opinion on the taxation of crypto-assets. The ruling, MH-DGT-OF-0460-2023, comes...

What is the cost of public transportation in Costa Rica compared to other countries?

QCOSTARICA -- According to Numbeo's list, the United States has the highest average cost of public transportation (one way) of all the American countries,...

Intel plans to invest US$1.2 billion in Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA -- Earlier in July, the U.S. State Department said that it would partner with Costa Rica's government to support the country's semiconductor sector...

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Is Costa Rica’s ‘Blue Zone’ vanishing?

QCOSTARICA -- The shrinking of Costa Rica’s Blue Zone...

Costa Rican blue zone diet help residents live to 100

Q24N (Fortune Well) Six areas across the globe are...

Costa Rican Musical Army Mobilized to Support Ukraine: Benefit Concert

TODAY COSTA RICA (PURA VIDA) An A list of...

What became of the bill to keep Mother’s Dya on August?

Q COSTA RICA - This year in Costa Rica,...

“Lady Gaga”, “Obama” and “Bin Laden”: names of crocodiles that attract tourists in Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA (VOA) The Tárcoles River, famous in Costa Rica for the number of crocodiles that inhabit its waters, attracts dozens of locals and tourists...
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Small business start-ups- Drivers of a vibrant economy

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Thousands of Women March in Latin America Calling for Abortion Rights

Q24N (VOA) The streets of cities across Latin America were bathed in green Thursday as tens of thousands of women marched to commemorate International...

US, Latin America Seek to Boost Cybersecurity

Q24N (VOA) Countries up and down the Western Hemisphere...

“There is a competition between left and right populism on the continent”

Q24N -- Populism, “an unwanted child of democracy,” is...

Latin America

U.S. banned another 100 Nicaraguan officials: there are already more than 1,000 sanctioned from the regime

Q24N (Infobae) The United States included another 100 officials from Nicaragua on the list of people prohibited from entering the country. Thus, there are...

Misleading: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele “put an end to the gangs and terrorists”?

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Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion

Q24N (VOA) Mexico's Supreme Court threw out all federal...

Car Bombs, Hostage-Taking Inside Prisons Underscore Ecuador’s Fragile Security

Q24N (VOA) QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's fragile security situation...

Guatemala’s Electoral Authority Blocks Suspension of President-Elect Arévalo’s Political Party

Q24N (VOA) GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's top electoral authority...

Six Killed in Peru Clash Between Army, Rebels

Q24N (VOA) Lima, Peru — Four soldiers and two...

Remittances to Nicaragua increased by 22.8% since the sociopolitical crisis began

Q24N - Seven months ago he came from the...

Ortega Confiscates Nicaraguan Historical Institute

Q24N -- Victor Hugo Acuña was fascinated with the...

Drought-Hit Panama Canal Lets More Unbooked Ships Pass

Q24N (VOA) The drought-hit Panama Canal has temporarily limited...
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Travel

Tourists to Costa Rica will now be able to stay for up to 180 days

QCOSTARICA -- Costa Rica recently extended the maximum stay from 90 to 180 days for tourists from a group of 60 countries. This went into...

Cruise season begins in Puntarenas with the arrival of some 2,000 tourists

QCOSTARICA -- The 2023-2024 cruise season began in Puntarenas...

Costa Rica is included in ‘Global Entry’

QCOSTARICA -- Costa Ricans will be able to enter...

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Driving a LandCruiser in Costa Rica

Rio Grande de Orosi. Ruta del Humo, Cartago. Club Land...

The beauty of Christmas in Costa Rica

This beautiful house is located in Buenos Aires de...

Air France pilot records his takeoff from Juan Santamaría (Video)

QCOSTARICA - An Air France airline pilot, Guillaume Laffon,...

Expat Focus

Foreign investors, pensioners and rentiers not be required to pay the Caja

QCOSTARICA - Foreign investors, pensioners and rentiers who come to Costa Rica will not be required to insure themselves before theCaja Costarricense de Seguro...

The Fable of Fabricio the Cricket

His fellow students at the Universidad de Costa Rica...

A Tale of two real estate conmen in Costa Rica

An excerpt from Christopher Howard’s new book, ”The Costa...
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