QCOSTARICA – As of Wednesday, August 17, 2022, the State of Emergency due to the covid-19 pandemic was officially lifted, after the decree signed by the government was published in the official government newsletter, La Gaceta. The declaration ...

QCOSTARICA – Ruling by ‘decree’ may not allow President Rodrigo Chaves to keep a series of promises he made to the country on Tuesday as part of his first 100 days in office speech. At least 13 of those promises or proposals must pa...

QCOSTARICA – The government will present a bill to the Legislative Assembly to legalize the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. This was announced by President Rodrigo Chaves, as part of his report on the first 100 days of government. T...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rican President, Rodrigo Chaves, announced that he will present a bill to sell the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) and the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica (BICSA). In addition, he proposed the sale of up to 49% of the shares of t...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) – Ministry of Public Works and Transportation – extended the extension of Revisión Técnica Vehicular (RTV) – vehicle inspection – for new cars for six...

TODAY COSTA RICA – Anne Frank Statue Stolen. The small bronze statue of Anne Frank on a waist-high pedestal was a gift from the people of Holland. It was presented to the citizens of Costa Rica by the Dutch Embassy in 2008. The statue has stood...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s tourism sector is not registering major effects on visitation due to the high cost of living, which continues to rise. The executive director of the Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), Shirley Calvo, acknowledges that ...

QCOSTARICA – To promote local visitation and thus reactivate tourism in the country, the Legislative Assembly, back in 2020, approved a law that moves some holidays to Mondays. Thanks to this, during the year there will be long weekends so that...

QCOSTARICA (Elfinancierocr.com) Costa Rica has a total of 338 private schools throughout the country, bringing together more than approximately 44,000 students. This is according to data from the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) – Minist...

QCOSTARICA – Traffic accident statistics reveal a growth, some even calling a pandemic on the roads. A report from the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH) revealed that in the last 32 years more than 20,000 people died in traffic accidents. Accor...