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Scammers Use Trust and Financial Needs of Ticos to Commit Crimes

When it comes to scams, we cannot deny being inclined to think that "it will never happen to us." However, this attitude is precisely what can lead us to falling into a situation of this nature

Tourist Sites and Restaurants Ask to be Excluded from the Liquor Prohibition Regulation (Dry Law)

The National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) and the Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) ask deputies to exclude hotels and restaurants from the bill that is being discussed in the Legislative Assembly

Costa Rica is ready to Host the 2021 Women’s World Cup after Panama’s Refusal

After Panama declined to co-organize the U-20 Women's World Cup next year together with Costa Rica, the country declared this Saturday to be ready to host the tournament alone. On Friday morning the neighboring nation, which has borne the...

Canal Seco: The Collapse of Interoceanic Connection Projects

The interconnection project between the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific of Costa Rica called "Canal Seco" or "Interoceanic Green Canal"

In Costa Rica 97% of Companies Have Implemented the Telework Modality

The arrival of COVID-19 has generated uncertainty about possible scenarios in the next 6 to 18 months in terms of labor, and that is for companies to recognize the need to manage costs and the workforce, prepare for adapting to new forms of work that will become the new normal, as was shown in the survey "Business Response to COVID-19”

Costa Rica Begins the Gradual Re-opening of Commercial Flights as of August 1st

A gradual reactivation of the tourism industry safeguarding sanitary measures is the objective of re-opening up to international commercial flights from the European Union as of August 1st. Travelers boarding in Frankfurt, Germany and Madrid, Spain will be the...

Entrepreneurship Uses Buses as Raw Material to Build, Tiny Homes

An enterprise seeks to offer Costa Ricans a new lifestyle, linked to minimalism and sustainability, using buses as raw materials for the construction of houses

Costa Rica Gives Refuge to 38 Haitian Migrants After Panama’s Refusal to Receive Them

This past week, 38 Haitian migrants who remained on the border line of Paso Canoas and in the Cuervito sector, were approached by officers of the Professional Migration Police, and transfers to the Temporary Attention Center for Migrants, CATEM,...

OECD Warns that Cartelized Rice Pricing Affects the Poorest Households in Costa Rica

The most recent analysis by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Costa Rica insists that exemptions to free competition rules, such as those granted to the rice sector, are regressive and inefficient for the country's economy

All Costa Rica Must Unite as One In Order to Overcome the Present Crisis

The unemployment figure revealed this past week by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) is heartbreaking, 468,000 unemployed people (20.1%), that is, one in five Costa Ricans has no job. Thus employment is another victim of the Pandemic,...
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Flow: The Costa Rican AI Transforming How Doctors Stay Updated with Scientific Research

Staying current with modern medical science is an overwhelming challenge. Every single day, thousands of clinical trials, journal papers,...