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

After a first semester of ups and downs in the price, the Costa Rican exchange market has stabilized in recent months. In this period, there was a monthly oversupply of $113 million in transactions between banks and the public. The colón went up by 0.4% against the dollar, from ¢572.03 at the end of September […]

A new report prepared by the international company OpenSignal positions Costa Rica as the country with the worst 4G LTE network on the planet, only above India. The analysis was carried out from July 1st to October 1st, and it was released on Wednesday in the United Kingdom. The country reported an average speed of […]

Some 45 women were killed so far this year, according to the Observatory of Gender Violence against Women of the Judiciary, after the recent case in La Fortuna de San Carlos. About 16 of those women died due to femicide. A crime of this kind occurs when the woman’s partner or spouse is the perpetrator […]

From 7a.m. on Wednesday, the National Institute of Insurance (INS) platforms were enabled to consult the amount that must be paid for the 2018 circulation permit. To know the amount, which must be canceled before December 31st, you must visit any of the Institute’s websites. If you use a computer, visit www.ins-cr.com , and if […]

The smell of burnt plastic in the cabin of an airplane bound for El Salvador forced the pilot to return to the Juan Santamaría airport on Wednesay morning. Enio Cubillo, director of Civil Aviation, explained that Lacsa’s 626 plane left minutes before 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, with 63 passengers on board. However, the pilot made […]

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and South Korea will be signed on December 9th in Buenos Aires, Argentina, prior to the start of the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, which will run from December 10th to 13th. This was confirmed by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Alexander Mora, who […]