Government fears “very drastic” consequences of not agreeing with the IMF
(QCOSTARICA) The Government affirmed Tuesday night, on a national television broadcast, that the country...
This is how the tax on ATM transactions would work
(QCOSTARICA) Costa Rica president Carlos Alvarado on Thursday outlined the proposed new taxes that...
Costa Rica at the gates of a tax on banking transactions
(QCOSTARICA) The economic stability proposal that the Government will present to the International Monetary...
Reduction of fines for violating vehicle restrictions on the way
(QCOSTARICA) Lower fines for violating the vehicle restrictions are on the way, after a...
Transformation of bars into restaurants or sodas is not legal, say municipalities
(QCOSTARICA) The owners of bars and cantinas (taverns) who convert their business into restaurants...
U.S. – China Dispute reaches company expanding the road to Limón
(QCOSTARICA) The dispute between the United States and China reaches the China Harbor Engineering...
Legislators present proposal to attract pensioners, investors and rentiers to Costa Rica
(QCOSTARICA) Three legislators propose creating incentives to attract investors, pensioners and rentiers (rentistas) to...
The Marchamo and initiatives to reduce it this year due to COVID-19
(QCOSTARICA) Though November 1 is still a long way off, December 31 more, the...
Cubans Trapped on Costa Rica’s Northern Border
In a small tent, in an improvised encampment at Penas Blancas, on the border...
High fine for violating vehicle restrictions has its days numbered
(QCOSTARICA) A bill to make the vehicular restriction violation sanctions more flexible wins supporters...
Legislator Ivonne Acuña in isolation for being a close contact of a COVID-19 case
Independent legislators Ivonne Acuña Cabrera is the first member of the Legislative Assembly...
Legislator: Vehicle restriction is illogical and a mockery for municipalities and businesses
(QCOSTARICA) Karine Niño, legislator of the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN), says the vehicle restriction...
Mayors promised some businesses to operate during closings
(QCOSTARICA) The Government committed to orange zone mayors easing vehicle restrictions and allow some...
Goverment bows to pressure from taxis on legalizing Uber
(QCOSTARICA) On August 21, it will be five years since Uber began operating in...
Minister says that everything was a misunderstanding …
"We already have the right to work," clarified the Minister, but commerce has to...
INS to launch lower-priced insurance for tourists traveling to Costa Rica
(QCOSTARICA) The Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) said Saturday it is working on a...
Expensive insurance policy and COVID-19 test increase the cost of traveling to Costa Rica
(QCOSTARICA) Costa Rica has become a much more expensive destination for foreign tourists starting...
Municipalities: Government improvises restrictions
(QCOSTARICA) The National Union of Local Governments (UNGL), which brings together the Costa Rica's...
Carlos Alvarado: the President who hides behind his Minister of Health
(QCOSTARICA) Crhoy.com says Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado is locked in his own information...
“Without union there will be no good future, or we join or we sink,” Carlos Alvarado warned.
(QCOSTARICA) "Are we going to let it be a cannibalism of sectorial interests that...
Alvarado to the press: “They use me to speak things that are insipid”
(QCOSTARICA) Costa Rica's President, Carlos Alvarado, accused the press on Thursday of “using him”...
Will the reopening of Costa Rica borders occur on August 1? This says the government
(QCOSTARICA) Will the spike in new cases, increased hospitalizations and deaths of the past...
Basic basket, rentals, water and electricity would be exempt from VAT for six months
(QCOSTARICA) With the aim of helping Costa Ricans who suffer the economic effects of...
With lower cost for business, Costa Rica will enjoy 16 long weekends
(QCOSTARICA) The bill that transfers the holidays for the following or previous Monday, with...
Costa Rica allows passage of Nicaraguans from Panama headed for their home country
(QCOSTARICA) The Director of Immigration, Raquel Vargas, said that Costa Rica will only allow...
Nicaragua, which has minimized the pandemic, will assume the presidency of Council of Ministers of Health of the region
(QCOSTARICA) Starting in July, Nicaragua, through the Ministry of Health (MINSA) will be in...
Legislators fault Carlos Alvarado for unemployment and not the COVID-19
(QCOSTARICA) The inability of the Carlos Alvarado government to boost the economy is the...
Chancellery describes as ‘unfeasible and unrealistic’ the idea of opening a humanitarian corridor at the border
(QCOSTARICA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the Chancellery - described this Tuesday as...
Legislators Demand Gvt control illegal entry at the northern border
(QCOSTARICA) To avoid further contagion from COVID -19, it is urgent that Carlos Alvarado...
Costa Rica legislators evaluate promoting the secular State
(QCOSTARICA) Legislators in Costa Rica will evaluate the possibility of beginning the process of...
Johnny Araya wants to connect the GAM electric train with a tram for San José
(QCOSTARICA) One day, possibly in the very near future, Costa Rica, at least in...
Abandoning ship: 30 Cabinet Minsters Gone in 2 Years
With the latest resignation of three ministers at the same time, the total abandoning...
