If you frequently use apps such as Airbnb when planning your vacation, have your wallet ready. The Tax Fraud Bill imposes a 13% tax to temporary accommodation. The draft has already been approved in the first reading in the Legislative Assembly and it’s currently in consultation on the Constitutional Court. Libertarian Movement legislator Otto Guevara […]
Tourist transport joins taxi drivers request on Uber
The Association of Tourism Drivers in Costa Rica (ASOTRANSTUR CR) joins the request of formal taxi drivers, to quickly resolve an appeal by legislator Otto Guevara, on the law regulating public transport. Juan Carlos Salazar, president of ASOTRANSTUR said that although they will not go to the streets, they join taxi drivers and all public […]
Costa Ricans can help victims in Haiti
Hurricane Matthew brought death and disaster to Haiti. The most recent reports indicate there are at least 473 dead, 330 injured and more than 175,000 refugees in shelters, and more than 1.4 million people are now homeless. For this reason, international aid has begun to arrive and if you want to help, you now have […]
Border towns of Costa Rica and Panama celebrate together
On Sunday, the border towns of Costa Rica and Panama joined in celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Both nations seek to raise awareness about the importance of community readiness to reduce the impact of disasters. Glauco Quesada, president of the Red Cross, explained they developed a border cooperation project with the […]
700 migrants have moved to new care center
In less than a month, more than 700 migrants, Haitians and Africans, were transferred to the new temporary care center called “El Cruce”, located in La Cruz de Guanacaste. They have been gradually evicted from several public spaces in the area of Peñas Blancas, on the northern border with Nicaragua. All of the migrants are […]
UCR joins international call to stop violence
The University of Costa Rica (UCR) joined the international amnesty call for actions to be taken against violence in Central America international. This request comes after a recent research by Amnesty International (AI) published last Friday, which reveals the situation of the inhabitants of some Central American countries, specifically: El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The […]