President Laura Chinchilla will land in Cuba on Monday to participate in a summit of heads of state. The visit comes 52 years since the last time a Costa Rican president put foot on the island ruled by Fidel and Raul Castro. Chinchilla is attending the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which […]
Couple arrested for money laundering and fraud in Tres Rios
A married couple has been arrested by officers with the Money Laundering Section of the Poder Judicial (OIJ). According to authorities, the pair took a multinational corporation for $2 million dollars and laundered the money. The man worked for the company in the finance department. Investigators did not release the name of the company. Source […]
Correos de Costa Rica sent 1.7 million packages and documents in 2013
Shipments through the EMS courier service, offered by the national post office grew by 17 percent during 2013. The agency attributes the increase to contracts for delivery of billing statements, judicial notices, passports and visas. The courier service is seen as necessary to continued operations as the use of conventional mail is in decline due […]
San Jose and other municipalities with be dry for elections
A total of 13 municipalities have made an official statement that prohibition of alcohol sales will be applied on the day of elections, February 2nd. San Jose will go so far as to prohibit sales for there full days between the 1st and the 3rd. National elections in Costa Rica happen to correspond with the […]
Nearly 273,000 corporations likely to be dissolved for default in tax payment
January 31st is the deadline for payment of corporate taxes, and a total of 273,000 corporations have currently failed to pay for the year to date and last year. A total of 545,000 companies must pay the tax. According to a law enacted in April of 2012, those companies that fail to pay for three […]
Banks must notify their customers before closing an account
Financial institutions are required to notify client before starting a procedure to close bank accounts. Once notifed the bank has three days to close the account. In December, banks began a process of updating customer data. The procedure is required once every two years, in order to comply with the law designed to prevent narcotics […]