Archives for July 2019

The military of the United States returned to sing a Costa Rican song, this time it was “Tan linda mi Costa Rica” (So pretty my Costa Rica). After the arrival of the USNS Confort Hospital Ship to Puntarenas, the military band improvised a stage and began to delight the public with its presentation. On July […]

The Miscellaneous Crimes section of the Judicial Investigation Agency confirmed the capture of Eduardo Manuitt Carpio, a former Venezuelan governor of Guárico State, for the crimes of kidnap, threats, coercion and torture. The director of the judicial police, Wálter Espinoza, confirmed that his son and a brother were arrested next to the man, identified as […]

Kenneth Sánchez, president of the High School Student Movement (Medse) said that, despite the end of the protests, they believe that what has been achieved with the demonstrations benefits the students. Medse announced on Tuesday that they would pause the movements because they would begin a dialogue with government authorities. The protests began the last […]

According to the Central Bank, national exports of goods in the first half of the year were $ 5.75 billion and this shows a year-on-year growth of only 0.5%. This growth is the lowest since February 2016, when the increase was only 0.9%. A fall in international prices of key products such as pineapple and […]

On Tuesday, the legislative bench of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC) proposed a reduction in the single fuel tax, as part of three bills for the country’s economic recovery. According to the Rojiazules, Costa Rica is the Central American country with the highest hydrocarbon costs, a situation that places the country at a competitive […]

The government starts the second half of the year with less financial pressure due to a successful first half of the year in terms of placement. In total, 1.4 billion colones will be needed to meet its financial needs for the second half of the year. This figure is exactly the same as in the […]