According to Legislator Marcela Guerrero, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), this week, legislators will begin the debate on the bill that punishes animal abuse with jail, which was presented by means of popular initiative. The Environmental Committee of the Congress approved a substitute text in November that incorporated the observations made by the Constitutional […]
Archives for May 8, 2017
Inflation from January to April reaches 0.70%
On Monday, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reported that accumulated inflation for the period January-April 2017, measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 0.70%. One-fifth of this figure has to do with the price variation last April. Last month, electricity services, the cost of vehicles and tours packages increased in […]
Government and airline agree to promote country in Italian market
On Monday, President Luis Guillermo Solís and Tourism Minister Mauricio Ventura signed an agreement between the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Spanish airline Iberia, in order to promote Costa Rica in the Italian market. The company Iberia will use two direct flights: Milan-Madrid and Rome-Madrid to connect both cities and their travelers with […]
UNA campaign is looking for kisses and PDA
“LaUesDiversa” is the name of the campaign that calls people to share their kissing photos, in the name of sexual diversity. The Federation of Students of the National University (FEUNA), prepares the Caravan of Sexual Diversity that will visit the different venues between May 13th and 26th. Daniela Alpízar, president of FEUNA, explained that the […]
Is the South Zone prepared to face an earthquake?
The history of Costa Rica reports that every 40 years an important earthquake shakes the South Zone of the country. The last seismic event was 34 years ago, so national scientists estimate that in the next decade there would be a seismic event in the region. The authorities of the National Commission of Emergency (CNE) […]
Proposal on exchange rate would not bring large variations
The proposal of the Central Bank to modify the calculation of the reference exchange rate would not translate into large variations in the price of the dollar. This change in methodology may reflect a type of change more in line with what happens in the windows and the economy, but its value will not change […]