Costa Rica’s beaches, volcanoes and forests gave it the title of the best destination in the world for touristic experiences. The country ranks first in a ranking made by TripAdvisor, the travel planning and booking website, which usually recognizes the best places in the world for travelers to conduct tours, activities and local experiences, based […]

Communication Minister Juan Carlos Mendoza consulted with the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) if there was any kind of ban to maintain a contract with the company COES Communication Siglo XXI, which belongs to his cousins. Mendoza noticed the existence of this contract in June this year and proceeded to make the query. The […]

Escalante Pradilla Hospital in Pérez Zeledón, Carlos Valverde Vega Hospital in San Ramón, and Golfito Hospital are the three most affected medical centers by the strike that unions maintain against the tax plan. Pérez Zeledón’s hospital halted 39.2% of its work for this Wednesday, the tenth day of the strike. Seven services of this medical […]

Only Labor Courts have the power to determine if a strike is legal or illegal. Through a procedure, these institutions must establish if certain requirements of the Labor Code were met during the strike before issuing a resolution. And although the procedure must be expeditious, no court has ruled in this regard. Why? The director […]

Carlos Alvarado gave up on the idea of giving his first speech before the Organization of the United Nations (UN) in New York next Tuesday. The president announced on Wednesday the cancellation of his trip due to the tense social climate that is experienced in the country over the strike of public employees against the […]

After more than five hours of negotiation, the government and the unions failed to reach an agreement to lay the foundations and conditions for a negotiation that would lead to the end of the indefinite strike of public employees. The union sector denounced that it was not possible to reach an agreement because the representatives […]