The Ministry of Finance confirmed that, as a result of the “Contract for the placement and distribution of domestic debt securities services,” two companies were awarded with a placement amount of $100 million each. Additionally, one of them was awarded a best effort amount for a maximum amount of $400 million. We thank the investors […]
Archives for November 2018
Water supply will be suspended in San Isidro de Heredia on Tuesday
More than 19 thousand people from San Isidro de Heredia will be affected by a water supply suspension on November 20th. From 7 o’clock in the morning until 3 o’clock in the afternoon, employees of the Heredia’s Public Services Company (ESPH) will wash the tanks and will carry out works on pipe interconnections. Some of […]
Exchange rate starts this week with small drop
The average exchange rate fell to ¢600.48 this Monday in the Foreign Currency Market (MONEX) and started the week with the ninth consecutive reduction. In 12 days, the average quotation of the currency was reduced more than ¢28.37, after reaching maximum levels of ¢628.85 in MONEX and ¢638 in banks. During this period of the […]
Three out of five Central American rangers have received threats
Three out of five, or 60% of park rangers in Central America received threats because of the conservation work they do. Similarly, 77% of these officials reported that they have faced situations that risked their lives. These are some of the conclusions of the Forest Ranger Perceptions Report: Central America, carried out by the Global […]
Costa Rican NGO took friendly energy to isolated villages in the region
Through special stoves, a nongovernmental organization based in Costa Rica managed to take energy to more than 200,000 Central Americans of scarce resources in the region. Most of the beneficiaries live in isolated areas. The work was achieved after the Red de Energía Foundation (BUN-CA) and the Central American Fund for Access to Energy and […]
Costa Rica will show off its biodiversity in Egypt
La Tigra Forest, the Talamanca-Caribe Biological Corridor and the Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, as well as other landscapes with cocoa, abaca, and banana plantations are some of the Costa Rican natural scenarios that were exhibited this weekend in Egypt. Through a video with virtual reality technology, the country showed its biodiversity in a stand at […]