Economists from Acobo Financial Group, anticipate that the exchange rate will remain near 565 colones per day by the end of 2016. Among the main factors are a lower dollar surplus and the increase in the demand for foreign exchange to meet the requirements of the non-bank public sector and the private sector (credits and imports). The […]
Archives for August 2016
National Bank thieves are barricaded in Río Frío
Several of the men who attacked the National Bank branch located at Finca 6 Río Frío on Monday morning, are now barricaded in a house in the area. Carlos Hidalgo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, confirmed that some of the subjects who stormed in the bank branch and left two men injured, […]
Campos Mendoza is related to other cases of child sexual abuse
The suspect of murdering an 8-year-old child in Guácimo had an arrest warrant for another case of alleged sexual abuse of a minor. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Campos Mendoza, who is 23 years old, was investigated for child sexual abuse. The event occurred in 2014, according to the official report. He is also […]
Agricultural production in Limón will be greatly benefited
The Ministry of Agriculture (MAG), through the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA), wants the agricultural production in Limón to be benefited with technological innovation. As a result, they are investing 370 million colones to be used by more than 350 ranchers and farmers in the country, specially from the Atlantic area. Sustainable livestock, environmentally friendly […]
ICE saves more than one billion with return of rentals
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) saved ¢ 1,145 million per year with the return four rentals used for warehouses and offices. The amount was the annual payment for rent, maintenance and cleaning of the buildings. This economy is part of the plan called Real Estate Development Storage (DINBO), successfully completed last July, as part […]
Ministers of Foreign Affairs want a meeting to review the Cuban Adjustment Act
Costa Rica and 8 Latin American countries proposed a high-level meeting to review the American policy that promotes illegal immigration of Cuban citizens to US territory. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Guillaume Long informed that foreign ministers from Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru delivered a missive to Secretary of State John […]