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The Association of Engineers and Architects (CFIA) has laid out specific and enforceable rules that govern all professional engineers and architects in Costa Rica.  These rules apply when a client hires one of these professionals to provide advisory services,...

Some of the national banks in Costa Rica have been making changes to their previous restrictions on opening new accounts for foreigners.  In the past few year, it has become increasingly difficult to open a new banking account at...

Not too many years ago, a trip to Costa Rica was a real bargain.  But the word is out - more travelers have arrived, and prices have definitely risen.  No denying that it is more expensive than a trip in other...

The airline Nature Air announced this Tuesday that throughout the month of August, they will be offering a "Nature Air Pack" promotion.This offer costs $500 per person and includes a total of 15 destinations both domestically and internationally, such...

Before sunrise, the main access routes to the capital were already painted red with taxis. The taxi drivers came out ready to make a stand.Starting at 4:40 a.m., foreseeing the taxi drivers' movement, government officials such as the President of the...

The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) confirmed Monday that during August, they will begin to implement the new methodology to determine public bus prices, which will provide up to a 25% discount.According to an ARESEP press release, the...

Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be the second day this week with a protest, this time from taxi drivers calling for action against Uber and its affiliates.Even though Monday's protest by Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) workers did not significantly affect transit, it...

Italy joins a group of countries that encourage supermarkets to give unsold food away to the needy after the Italian Government backed a series of laws aimed at cutting down the vast amounts of food wasted by supermarkets and...

Rather than cash the Jamaican Government has announced it intends to pay oil debts it owes to Venezuela in the form of food, medication, and fertilizer.Jamaica has been accumulating oil debt with Venezuela since 2006 and is taking this...

With the intention of overcoming the backwardness in road infrastructure that affects the competitiveness of Costa Rica, Mario Redondo, member of the Alianza Democrata Cristiana, presented a bill to declare a national emergency.The initiative would allow the Government to...