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

The fiscal deficit in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to 1.2% of GDP, a figure similar to the one achieved in the third month of 2016. The amount is equivalent to ¢ 409.77 billion. The figures were presented on April 20th by finance minister and vice president Helio Fallas. Last March, tax revenues grew 8.5%, […]

If you have a delicious and healthy cooking recipe, this is your chance to share it with all Costa Ricans, as if you were a professional chef! As part of the campaign announced by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), in order to promote healthy lifestyles and thus address the growth of chronic diseases, […]

Oil opened with a slight fall in New York, with difficulties to recover from the sharp decline of the previous day and the distrust on the prospects of reabsorption of the world supply. The price of a light sweet crude (WTI), the US benchmark, was down six cents to $50.38 for the May delivery contract […]

The first meeting of the Indigenous Advisory Council of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) was held on Wednesday. This is the first time in 24 years and the aim is to open the dialogue table to determine what the issues to be addressed in the indigenous population are and their needs within the education […]

The US airline Southwest notified the United States Department of Transportation of its objection to Volaris Costa Rica flying to the United States with the privileges granted to Costa Rican stock companies. This procedure responds to the interest by Volaris – a Costa Rican company with Mexican capital- of flying to Houston, Los Angeles and […]

The Costa Rican Ambassador to El Salvador, Carlos Manuel Echeverría, was removed from his position. On April 25th, he will leave office in that country. The decision of the dismissal was ratified by the Governing Council, in the session held on Tuesday. Both the appointment and the removal of the Ambassadors are […] in the […]