According to the Consumer Confidence Index of the UCR, more people expect that poverty and unemployment will increase in the short term, due to the lack of economic recovery that the country is experiencing. According to the data published this Wednesday, 62.3% of those surveyed by the University expect that in the next 12 months […]
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Panama seized 30kilos of drugs that were coming to Costa Rica
Panamanian authorities seized 30 kilos of drugs destined for Costa Rica. According to channel TVN Noticias, agents of the National Border Service (Senafront) of the San Isidro checkpoint in Paso Canoas, managed to seize 30 kilos of cocaine. According to information from the Panamanian press, in the operation it was possible to retain four foreigners, […]
CAF’s $500 million loan would not change the exchange rate
The loan signed at the end of the previous week by Costa Rica and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) for $500 million, would have no effect on the exchange rate. Of that amount, only $390 million would enter the country, since the remaining $110 million would be used to pay the country’s membership […]
Why are snakes so important in Guanacaste?
The Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG) launched a campaign to prevent people who find snakes in their homes (or other places) from killing them. Instead, they ask to immediately contact the officials of the National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac) through the telephone line 1192 for environmental complaints. In the same way, officials urgently need to […]
What is the 4×3 workday and how does it help the economy?
Can you imagine working four days for 12 hours and having three days off in a row? That is a 4×3 workday promoted by various business groups to stimulate the national economy. To carry out the project, it is necessary to reform articles 136, 142, 144 and 145 of the Labor Code. However, the proposal […]
Malaysia will return hundreds of tons of plastic to their origin countries
Malaysia said on Tuesday that it will return hundreds of tons of plastic waste to its countries of origin beacause it does not want to be the world’s dumping ground anymore. Every year, about 300 million tons of plastic are produced, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the vast majority ends […]