PROCOMER (Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica) officially opened its first commercial promotion office in Doha, Qatar. With this new commercial branch in the Middle East, the intention is to broaden the opportunities for domestic exporters and to expand the exporting horizons for Costa Rica. We are doubling our efforts to promote business opportunities […]
Naturalized Costa Rican gets 20 years for “mega money laundering”
Arthur Budovsky, a Ukrainian-American who later became a Costa Rican citizen, was convicted to 20 years in prison for his leadership in a powerful structure dedicated to laundering hundreds of millions of dollars. He was arrested in Spain in 2013 and after a long legal battle, he was extradited to E.E.U.U. in 2014, to finally […]
153 Leatherback turtle eggs were saved
Thanks to patrolling operations in the beaches near Barra Pacuare, the looting of 153 Leatherback turtle –one of the most endangered species- eggs was prevented. The Coast Guard staff located two nests and sent them to a hatchery run by environmentalist organizations with which it has a strategic alliance for the protection of maritime resources. […]
Banco Central applies international finances standards
The BCR is now the second monetary authority in Latin America to implement International Finances Information Standards, with the intention of presenting information with the best international practices, standards and transparency, making analysis and decision-making much easier for banking institutions. Before the BCR, in Latin America only Brazil managed to meet the requirements to implement […]
Iván Prado: “Clowns are a love guerrilla”
For Ivan Prado, making people laugh is as natural as breathing. He says a clown is the most sensitive of all artists because they feel humanity and suffer other people’s pain”. His job is to bring smiles to those places where humor is in shortage. The Spanish clown is in Costa Rica now thanks to […]
Plan to pay for caregivers approved
The 42 legislators present in the plenary session on May 9th, approved unanimously the first debate for a law project that authorizes the State to finance the payment of caregivers for people with disabilities. The funds will come from institutions such as Junta de Protección Social (JPS) y el Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones […]