QCOSTARICA (La Nacion) Since last December, the Central Bank began to adjust its monetary policy rate upwards to prevent the increase in inflation from continuing in the future, which was seen favorably given the current situation. However, as the in...

QCOSTARICA – The Department of Technical Services of the Legislative Assembly confirmed that the bill to authorize the sale of the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) required a “qualified marjority”, that is the approval vote of 38 of the 55 ...

QCOSTARICA – A new bill seeks to declare October 25 as the “Día Nacional de Talla Baja”) (National Day of the Short Person”). “They (short people) require modifications in society so that they are guaranteed equal oppor...

QCOSTARICA – While many activities are being held today, September 15, to commemorate Costa Rica’s 201 years of independence, it is NOT a legal holiday for workers in both the public and private sectors. The legal holiday will be on Monda...

Q24N (La Estrella) “We are working to position ourselves as an ideal destination among companies from countries that wish to strengthen the supply chain,” said Panama’s Minister of Commerce and Industry (MICI), Federico Alfaro Boyd,...

QCOSTARICA – Southwest Airlines announced two new flights and an increase in frequencies to the two main international airports in Costa Rica.   Southwest indicated that as of March 9, 2023, it will fly twice a week (Saturday and Sunday) t...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health confirmed the fourth case of monkeypox in Costa Rica. This is of a 30-year-old Costa Rican man, who made a trip abroad and returned last week. According to Health, the symptoms presented by the patient were f...

QCOSTARICA – The government of Rodrigo Chaves has set an initial value of US$1.785 billion dollars in the legislative bill for the selling off of the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) – Costa Rica’s State bank. The Executive Branch extracte...

QCOSTARICA – A new bill would force Costa Ricans to vote in national and municipal elections and unjustified absences at the polls would be sanctioned with fines of up to ¢1,386,000 colones. The initiative presented by Partido Unidad Social Cr...

QCOSTARICA – The Torch of Independence is already in Costa Rica after the minister of Public Education (MEP), Anna Katharina Müller, received the flames in Peñas Blancas at the border with Nicaragua at the hands of her Nicaraguan counterpart ...