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Costa Rican Deputies Approve Extending the Term to Reduce Working Hours in Tourism and...
Costa Rican National Assembly deputies approved in the first debate an extension of the reduction of working hours to four periods of three months,...
China is the first major economy to launch its own official digital currency
China already has its own digital currency: the Virtual Yuan, controlled by its Central Bank, according to a Wall Street Journal publication. The Chinese...
Belén is Consolidated as a Hub of Offices and Services in Costa Rica
The canton of Belén, in Heredia, increases its dynamism and consolidates itself as a hub of offices and services in the country. This is...
Promoters of the First Menstrual Cup Produced in Costa Rica Seek Support for Brand...
Angie Sánchez and Laura Gutiérrez, two young Costa Rican promoters of the first menstrual cup made in the country, are seeking financial support to...
Costa Rican Public Employees Will Now Have Paid Leave to Care for Family Members...
Public employees will enjoy paid leave to take care of a relative, whether due to illness or permanent or temporary disability. The motion that...
Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce Predicts Less Unfair Competition When Tax Exoneration for Internet...
The Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce celebrated the adoption in the country of the fourth version of the Central American Uniform Customs Code (Cauca...
Costa Rica Consolidates its Exports of Medical Devices
Costa Rica is increasingly consolidated as one of the best destinations in the world for manufacturers of life sciences devices. Currently, it is the...
Crowdsourcing a new Business Model
The Crowdsourcing, is a terminology that comes from the conjugation of two words of Anglo-Saxon origin "Crowd" (crowd) and "Source" (source). It is emerging...
Costa Rica Officials Urged its Citizens to Support Local Tourism During Easter
The Costa Rican government today urged the population to visit the National Parks during Holy Week to support tourism and thus contribute to reactivate...
Tico Company Produces 100% National Wine and Gooseberry Liquor with a Vineyard in Copey...
The Tico company Copey Estate Winery managed after nine years to adapt its grape harvest to produce a wine of international level; as well...
Companies Registered with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute are Exempt from VAT until July
Companies registered with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) as businesses that operate in this sector are exempt - until July 1st - from...
Money Ain’t Everything: the “Emotional Salary” Gains Momentum in the World of Work
The emotional salary becomes important in the world of work this 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made employees prefer rewards that go beyond their...
Rurala Motor Strategy Will Support Tourist Reactivation in Costa Rican Rural Territories
The Rural Development Institute (Inder), with the support of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), launched the “Motor Rural” Strategy. In this second year...
New Tico Promotional Campaign: “Jale al Puerto” Will Bet on National Tourism
“Cerca de Vos” (“near you”) is the promotional campaign for this 2021 of the “Jale al Puerto” (Let’s go to the Port) initiative, which...
Gasoline Price in Costa Rica Will be the Highest of the Last 5 Years
The price of gasoline in Costa Rica will be the highest in the last 5 years after the entry into force of the new...
Costa Rica Reiterates 3D Economy Proposal for 2050
The government of Costa Rica reiterated its territorial strategy to obtain by 2050 a digitized, decentralized and decarbonized (3D) economy that achieves sustainable development....
Costa Rica Calls on Generating New Paradigms to Overcome Crisis
The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, affirmed today that only by generating new development paradigms together can we overcome this crisis due to...
Confidence Grows About 2021 Credit Rebound in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica Central Bank's projection that credit to the private sector will grow by 3.6%, after a decline of -0.1% last year, is...
How to Plan my Personal Budget if I Have Variable Income?
You don't need a stable source of income to keep your personal finances in order, says Elizabeth Sánchez, Costa Rican financial advisor. In addition...
Costa Rica Will Produce Better Quality and More Sustainable Honey
Through training programs for the application of good environmental practices and biodiversity conservation measures, Costa Rican beekeepers will produce more sustainable and better quality...
Despite the Pandemic, Foreign Private Investment Continues to Generate Jobs in Costa Rica
In just two and a half months of this year, 12 transnational companies announced new and millionaire investments in Costa Rica. These are firms...
With These 11 New Economic Zones Costa Rica Will Greatly Enhance Its Development by...
Costa Rica will try, once again, to have a development system that leaves the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) and covers the peripheral areas. The...
Young Ticos with Social Enterprises Can Register Their Projects for up to $ 12,000...
For the third consecutive year, the Bolívar-Davivienda group launched Social Skin, a platform for the best social enterprises of young people to expose their...
Costa Rica Increased Its Banana Exports by 7% Despite the Pandemic
The National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica (Corbana) reported this past Thursday that during 2020 the country increased by 7% the volume of exports...
New Tico Electric Train’s Fare Payment Plan Begins
The electronic charging system for the new electric trains begins a pilot plan process -controlled tests- in order to be able to be in...
Women Entrepreneurs from Limón can Compete for Funds of up to $ 10,000
With the launch of the joint program "Strengthening the National Strategy Bridge to Development", the United Nations (UN) in Costa Rica and the Mixed...
Turrialba Fills its March Schedule with Sports Activities to Reactivate the Canton’s Economy
In search of boosting the economy of Turrialbeña, an initiative aims to turn the canton into the first sports city in Costa Rica. Along...
Costa Rica Targets China as Part of the Recovery for Its Tourism Sector
Costa Rica will bet on attracting Chinese visitors as one of the strategies for the recovery of the tourism sector, which is one of...
Tico Deputies Plan to Extend the Reduction in Work Days for the Tourism and...
A group of deputies presented a bill to extend the reduction of working hours to be applied in the tourism sector and businesses with...
Costa Rica and Chile Lead in E-commerce Ranking of Latin America
Costa Rica and Chile were the Latin American economies best positioned in the annual index on the implementation of electronic commerce published this week...
Experts in Recruitment of Personnel Give Free Workshops on Employability in Costa Rica
For people seeking to enter the labor market, the Castro Carazo University will offer talks and employability workshops, given by professionals in the areas...
Bitcoin Surpasses $ 49,000 After Hitting a New High This Weekend
Bitcoin, the most widely used cryptocurrency, has set a new all-time high this past weekend, close to US $ 49,700 (40,950 euros), after the...
Costa Rican Central Bank Invites the Tourism Sector to Invest their Loans in Colones
the Central Bank of Costa Rica the legal and regulatory conditions are already in force.
Costa Rica and Panama Among the Best Countries in Latin America for Foreign Investment
Chile ranks number 1 in Latin America as the country with the greatest potential to attract foreign investors, according to the Milken Institute's Global Opportunities Index 2021
Cocoa Producing Firms will Represent Costa Rica at an Important International Competition
The firms Finca Venecia (Brunos Chocolate), La Iguana Chocolate and Finca Integral Agroecológica la Milagrosa (Meykiss Chocolate) are the winners of the first contest...
Costa Rica Sends its First Container of Hydroponic Tomato to the United States
The Costa Rican company, Hacienda Tobosi S.A (Tomatissimo), sent the first container with 20 thousand kilograms of hydroponic tomato from Puerto Moín to Port...
Costa Rica Analysis its Potential to Produce Green Hydrogen
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), its innovation laboratory and Energy Division, will collaborate with the CRUSA Foundation at the request of the Ministry of...
Organic Products Experience A Growth In Sales Worldwide
Organic products experienced significant growth throughout 2020, with large increases in terms of sales and volumes. At the end of this period, they registered...
Latin America and the Caribbean Launch the Circular Economy Coalition
Latin America and the Caribbean today launched the “Circular Economy Coalition”, a regional initiative to drive the transition to a sustainable economic system as...
Tecnológico de Costa Rica Seeks to Promote English Language Learning for Rural Tourism Entrepreneurs
With the project "Diagnosis of the English language needs of the associates of the Cooperativa Agroturística y de Servicios Múltiples de San Ramón de...
