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Tico Virtual Fair Will Offer Sustainable Products and Information on How to Be More Conscious Consumers
A virtual Christmas fair will create a space of sustainable holiday shopping for the family, without leaving home, being able to acquire, in addition to products, information on how to become more conscious consumers. This is the first "50stenible...
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President Carlos Alvarado Insist on the need for an “Adjustment” to avoid Bankruptcy of the Country
"I would ask the national community not be deceived by false narratives like that we are going to undercut institutions, sell institutions, fire people, hurt the country ... rather all this struggle is to take care of the country,...
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Award Highlights Achievements of the Most Outstanding Tico Companies of the Year
The Exporter Chain (Cadexco) held the traditional Export Effort Award 2020 this past week, in which it highlighted the work of the most outstanding private Tico companies of the year. The President of the group, Laura Bonilla, stressed that,...
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Costa Rica Issues Green Bonds for Economic Reactivation with a Sustainable Approach
The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic and the fiscal situation of Costa Rica require green, resilient and inclusive solutions that consider both the well-being of people and nature. This much-needed balance is the only way to overcome...
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Nicoya Strengthens Food Security of Vulnerable Populations with Community Gardens
In order to provide food security to vulnerable populations in the canton at a time when the economic crisis continues to hit many families hard, the Municipality of Nicoya is currently working on the establishment of three community gardens....
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Central America Makes History by Signing the first Regional Social Policy
In the framework of the 73rd Ordinary Meeting of the Council for Central American Social Integration (SICA), the Ministers of the different Social Cabinets of the SICA region approved the SICA Regional Integral Social Policy 2020-2040: Integrating through Social...
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Double Collection of the Value Added Tax (IVA) will be Refunded in Costa Rica
The General Directorate of Taxation will modify the way in which the double collection or undue collection of the value added tax (VAT) for digital services such as Airbnb would be returned to taxpayers.From October 1st, the 13% VAT...
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Pandemic Accelerated E-commerce Growth in Costa Rica
Black Friday and the Christmas season are real business opportunities for entrepreneurs who use digital channels to sell, especially given the acceleration of the growth of e-commerce that the Pandemic generated.This is reflected by data from a specialized study,...
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Companies Value Implementing Hybrid Modality for the New Normal
After months of their staff working under the teleworking modality, to avoid contagions, many important companies value implementing a hybrid modality -telework and face-to-face-.A series of internal surveys by the Google company revealed that the "home office" is negatively...
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Can Costa Rica Become a Remote Worker Paradise?
Once upon a time, in the far distant past, before COVID-19, remote working was something other people did. People who worked for themselves in tech, teaching, or writing, freelancing their skills out to those who needed them. Remote workers were...
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Costa Rica to Once Again Host Main Regional Life Sciences Forum
The Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde) announced this Tuesday the return of the Life Sciences Forum to Costa Rica....