Costa Rica faces severe road congestion issues. With outdated infrastructure, inadequate road safety education, few public transportation options, and political disinterest, it’s challenging for thousands of Costa Ricans to leave their homes. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Costa Rica has some of the slowest traffic in the world. It ranks as the third highest in vehicle density […]
Daily Archives: November 1, 2024
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I am sometimes accused of being overly negative and sarcastic in my writings about Costa Rica and my life here. Fair enough, though anyone who knows me could vouch that I can be equally negative and sarcastic about my home country of the United States. Having said that, here is […]
Costa Rica is a small and open economy. Consumers buy most goods and services in colones. However, despite the country not being dollarized, there are some goods and services that are mostly offered in dollars. For example: vehicles, properties (sales and rentals), and certain services such as tourism. Even, there […]
On December 1, 1948, the Costa Rican president José Figueres abolished the army, transforming the country into a neutral state. There are 21 countries in the world that do not have an army. In the case of Costa Rica, this fact dates back to a civil war that lasted 44 […]
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) is taking bold steps to address the country’s mounting landfill crisis with an innovative biogas initiative that could transform waste management across the nation. Turning Waste into Energy: ICE’s Vision for Sustainable Solutions ICE’s executive president, Marco Acuña, revealed plans for a new biogas […]
QCOSTARICA — Today, November 1, the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), made available the consultation system and purchase of the 2025 Marchamo. The platform was officially enable at 8:00 am, where the owners of the 1.9 million registered vehicles can consult the cost of the right of circulation that applies […]
QCOSTARICA — Visa and the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) signed a collaboration agreement that seeks to boost the tourism sector in Costa Rica, through data-based intelligence, perspectives, trends and detailed and accurate information, which Visa will share with the ICT through its Visa Destination Insights (VDI). Under the agreement, […]
QCOSTARICA — With 34 operational routes, the Guanacaste Airport (LIR) in Liberua, will be put to the test during the coming high tourist season. The goal that the authorities of the air terminal have set is that the time of attention per passenger is not more than one hour, according […]
QCOSTARICA – The head of the Statistics Chair at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Rolando Saborío Jiménez, has taken out his cloud ball predicting the dollar exchange rate remaining in a range of between ¢510 and ¢530 colones per one per dollar by the end of 2024. The economist […]
A controversial bill in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has put the Catholic Church and lawmakers at odds over the sanctity of confession versus child protection laws. The proposed “Law Against Silence in Sexual Crimes Against Children and Persons with Disabilities” would require Catholic priests to break the seal of confession […]