Archives for December 14, 2016

Legislator Natalia Díaz from Movimiento Libertario party, expressed that a bill that would force Netflix and Spotify to pay operators (ICE, Claro and Movistar) for using the network would affect users. The initiative was presented by legislator Jorge Arguedas, from Frente Amplio, who said that the entertainment companies have created applications whose commercialization generates “millions […]

Although there are still 14 months to go before the next presidential election in Costa Rica, political analysts place the Citizen Action Party (PAC) and Frente Amplio (FA) as the weakest candidates for the electoral contest. The reasons for this are the political exhaustion of the PAC after its first administration in the Executive Branch, […]

The President of the Republic announced that the Foreign Ministry has issued specific orders to the Costa Rican Ambassador to The Netherlands, Sergio Ugalde, to meet with his Nicaraguan counterpart to discuss the compensation to be paid by his country for the environmental damage to Isla Portillos. The neighboring nation has until December 16th to […]

The employment rates for the first quarter of 2017 are expected to be positive. Out of 620,000 companies surveyed in Costa Rica, 21% said it would increase its workforce. The survey ‘Employment Expectations ManpowerGroup’ consulted 60,000 people in 43 countries. In the case of Costa Rica, the survey companies grouped companies by sector, activity and […]

After a new alert related to the circulation of 20,000 colones counterfeit bills, officers of the security forces intervene again on Monday night. The case was registered in the district of San Marcos in Tarrazú, a province of San José, in a warehouse located opposite to the community’s school. There, a woman bought several items […]

Four people were sentenced for integrating a gang that was trafficking cocaine in heavy trucks to Nicaragua. According to Deputy Prosecutor for Organized Crime, the sentence was handed down on Monday by the Criminal Court of Liberia. It was established that a gang formed a criminal organization dedicated to international transport of cocaine through the […]