The business sector resents that in the first 100 days of the new government, the administration of Carlos Alvarado was focused only on the issue of the fiscal deficit and did not address with greater impetus other demands to improve competitiveness. That is the balance made by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations […]

The National Commission of Tourist Security (Consetur) convened by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) met on Monday, after the murders of two foreign vacationers in Tortuguero and Cóbano during the weekend. At the meeting, which began at 5.30 p.m. in the ICT, the Minister of Tourism, María Amalia Revelo, called on private tourism entrepreneurs […]

The Spanish tourist who died this Saturday in Tortuguero had planned a 10-day vacation to Costa Rica. Relatives of the said she was in the country since August 1st. The 30-year-old tourist was identified by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) as Arcanza Gutiérrez López. But Spanish media report her as Arantxa López Gutiérrez. The young […]

A Mexican tourist was found murdered in Santa Teresa de Cóbano de Puntarenas and two suspects are in custody. This was the second crime that shook a touristic area of the country during the weekend. The homicide was confirmed by the Ministry of Public Security (MSP). At the moment the causes of the murder are […]

After what happened on Wednesday with the legislator Ivonne Acuña, regarding the insults received in social networks by Rodolfo Gamboa, head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the San Juan de Dios Hospital, the National Restoration bench urges the approval of the project that imposes sanctions for this type of situations. The bill was […]