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Protecting Costa Rica’s Agriculture through Adequate Phytosanitary Controls
The State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) controls and regulates the commercial exchange of agricultural products in both import and export, the registration, control and regulation of chemical and biological substances for agricultural use (pesticides, fertilizers, biological substances and other related...
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Costa Rica’s Petroleum Industry and How It Can Be Optimized
Considered the largest company in Central America, with 50 years of existence, it focuses its operations to meet the tasks of import and distribution of fuels demanded by Costa Rica. This is a mission that was entrusted to it...
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The Costa Rican Banking System Will Migrate Completely to “Chip” and “Contactless Payment” Technologies
The Regulation of the Payment System approved by the board of directors of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), 3 years ago, established that as of December 31st, 2018 100% of debit and credit cards in circulation had...
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Costa Rica Is among the Leaders in Global Innovation
Costa Rica is the 2nd most innovative economy in Latin America, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The study highlights Costa Rica in the indicators of business sophistication, creative production...
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Nanotechnology Comes to Costa Rica!
Without realizing it, the human being has worked with nano-particles since immemorial times. Carbon particles produced by combustion, simple molecules and many viruses that cause diseases actually fall into this field of study.In the 1920s, tire manufacturers incorporated in...
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How the Costa Rican Financial System Can Be Improved
Distortions caused by regulatory asymmetries hinder the development of the Costa Rican financial system and, therefore, impede the achievement of efficiency levels that help the country's economic growth.To these conclusions comes the latest study prepared by the “Academia de...
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Everything Is Numbers!
British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) liked to repeat that: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is totally indistinguishable from magic." The phrase rules in these moments of the history of humanity more than ever: How does our phone...
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What to Do If Your Card Is Not Accepted at Gas Stations
Law N° 9416 -To Improve the Fight against Tax Fraud- makes it clear that businesses are obliged to accept -without exception- credit and/or debit cards as a payment mechanism.ARTICLE 4 - Alternative means of payment: "All persons, physical or...
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5 Ways Cryptocurrency Can Help Make The World a Better Place
As we approach an era full of startups and huge corporations, we might be losing track of what’s most important at the end of the day – making the world a better place. How does this connect to cryptocurrency?...
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Crypto Transactions to Become Standard According to KPMG
One of the Big Four accounting firms, KPMG, has declared that Bitcoin will become the future for standard crypto transactions. They are of the opinion that the world is experiencing an entirely new financial revolution and Bitcoins are leading...
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Comunales Nicoya Celebrates Inspiring Women in the Second Edition of “Blue Ideas”
In commemoration of Mother's Day, the Nicoya Azul Canton brand of the Municipality of Nicoya held the second edition...

