Economic estimates and projections from the Central Bank do not expect the approval of a tax reform in 2017, as stated in the report of the Macroeconomic Program 2017-2018. In the absence of the reforms proposed for current sales and income taxes, the central government’s financial deficit would reach the equivalent to 6% of gross […]

National Route 1856, known as border shortcut didn’t have tangible progress in its restoration this year. Luis Guillermo Solís’ government promised to end the work that the administration of Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010-2014) didn’t finish. However, to date, the state of the project makes it easy to predict that it will be impossible and the […]

Groups linked to drug trafficking and illegal fishing used, in recent years, fuel subsidized by the state to commit crimes. Given the legal complexity to suspend the supply in these cases, the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA) is studying, along with the Public Ministry, mechanisms to suspend the subsidy to suspicious vessels. […]

744 school cafeterias will remain open and will provide service until February 3rd. The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) declared that the cafeterias will be open from December 19th, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Some of them are located in indigenous populations or areas in poverty. The […]

From now on, Uber will inform users how much they will pay before they make the trip. The upfront fees are calculated based on traffic, weather forecast, trip distance and how many users and drivers are using Uber at that time. So, this process can take a few minutes, when the service is requested. Since […]

The Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (CADEXCO) reported a slowdown in sales abroad in production outside the free zones. According to the organization, if exports of goods are analyzed according to the regime, the free zone grew by 14% and the final regime only grew 1%. 1,649 million dollars are required to reach the […]