Costa Rica News, Summarized in English and Linked to the Source

Representatives from different political parties lamented Costa Rican Christiana Figueres’ retirement as candidate to the Secretary-General of the of the United Nations (UN) and they agreed that it was due to geopolitical reasons. Figueres made the announcement on Monday afternoon at a press conference in the Foreign Ministry, after the negative results in the primary […]

Movement “No more Recope” called for legislators, president Luis Guillermo Solís, the president of the Supreme Court and the Ombudsman, so that judges from the Constitutional Court declare the Law-Regulating Public Service as unconstitutional. As consumers, we have the right to choose the goods and services we want. As consumers, we demand Costa Rican authorities to […]

Minister of Education Sonia Marta Mora and President of the Republic Luis Guillermo Solís, revealed, on national broadcast on T.V., the goals in education infrastructure for 2017: it is intended to invest 128,000 million colones. In the budget 2017, which was presented to legislators a few days ago, the MEP would get a 28.7% of […]

Tibás City Council decided that the dry law will be applied on September 15th due to the anniversary celebrations of the Independence of Costa Rica. It was announced through a press release, which added that the sale of alcoholic beverages in bars, liquor stores, supermarkets and grocery stores will be banned from 8 o’clock in […]

Will be there a psychological test to get a driver’s license? Is it a good idea to perform a regular evaluation to determine whether a driver is in condition to operate on national roads or not? These questions have been asked recently. However, the Directorate General of Traffic Education considers that it is not an […]