Shipments to Costa Rica are subject to import fees and taxes, making it important to partner with a company who understands customs regulations and paperwork requirements in this country. Bring items that may be difficult to locate here; for example, name-brand kitchen appliances tend to be pricey in this region. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2024
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Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023, is set to make her first visit to Costa Rica on February 27th at 9:30 am. Palacios’s visit to the country aims to promote the recent organizational shift within Miss Costa Rica, now under the ownership of OPA TV. Carlos Valenciano Kamer, owner of Canal […]
It is an odd feeling to return to a town or an area where you had once spent time, only to find that a certain personal landmark– a tree, a house, a restaurant– is no longer there. There was once a large multi-winged wood frame house, similar to those the […]
Hoteliers and non-traditional accommodations like Airbnb are in the middle of an open war for the dollars spent by 3 million foreign tourists on accommodation each year. To this, we should add the growing predilection of Ticos to stay in small villas, houses and cabins at a cheaper cost, far […]
A Panamanian judge on Thursday ordered the detention of former President Ricardo Martinelli, who has been sheltered in the Nicaraguan embassy for two weeks after losing his last appeal to avoid an almost 11-year prison sentence for money laundering. Judge Baloísa Marquínez “ordered the pretrial detention of a former President […]
In vacant lots, abandoned parks and land along busy highways, neighbors in different regions of the country are coming together to plant trees, many of them, and close together. Little forests, a concept that originated in Japan is being practiced across Canada and around the world. “We’re trying to give […]
Couples who agree to divorce could have a law that allows them to expedite their separation without going through the judicial phase. The project was presented by the Progressive Liberal faction, led by Johanna Obando. It focuses on recognizing the element of “autonomy of will.” This is the legal concept […]
QCOSTARICA — The latest report by the Programa del Estado de la Nación ( State of the Nation Program), Costa Rica has 204 taxes and 1,483 tax exemptions in force. The report was presented earlier this week by Jorge Vargas Cullel, director of the program, and researcher Pamela Jiménez Fontana, […]
QCOSTARICA — The three appeals of unconstitutionality were rejected by Sala Constitutional (Constitutional Court, also referred to as Sala IV), against the morning-after pill (píldora del día después in Spanish), therefore, its use remains in force in Costa Rica. The resolutions, by Justices Fernando Cruz, Paul Rueda, Jorge Araya and […]
Environmental organizations have sounded the alarm following a significant ruling by the Constitutional Court on February 16. The court declared admissible a constitutional appeal targeting the Coastal Regulatory Plan spearheaded by the Municipality of Talamanca for the Cahuita district. The appeal, lodged by citizen Marco Levi, contends that local authorities, […]