Last Thursday, August 7, the new tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump went into effect. In the case of Costa Rica, the tariff was set at 15%, one of the highest in Central America. As explained by Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves, Costa Rica is among the countries […]
Monthly Archives: August 2025
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Q COSTARICA — Mother’s Day (Día de la Madre), celebrated in Costa Rica every August 15, has established itself as one of the most significant dates on the Costa Rican calendar, both for its emotional significance and its economic impact. It ranks third in commercial importance, surpassed only by Christmas […]
Q24N (BloombergLinea.com) Latin America remains trapped in the dilemma of low productivity, despite being one of the regions with the longest working hours in the world. This makes it difficult to generate quality jobs and recruit workers, especially in Central American and Caribbean countries. The World Bank has noted a […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica has the highest minimum wage in Latin America for the first half of 2025, according to a Bloomberg Línea study published on June 26 of this year. The analysis compares monthly minimum wages in 17 countries in the region. For comparison purposes, the data was […]
The United States is preparing to bankroll deportations from Costa Rica, marking a fresh turn in Washington’s regional migration strategy—and a complicated new chapter for San José. According to a U.S. government document reviewed by Reuters, the State Department will transfer up to $7.85 million from its Economic Support Fund […]
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) has moved decisively in the case that shocked both expat and local communities: the murder of Eshraghollah “Eshra” Vatani, a 71-year-old U.S. citizen and Dallas-based civil engineer found dead in Cartago after vanishing in late May. In coordinated operations this week, agents detained two adults […]
If you felt the ground tremble slightly on July 22, that wasn’t tectonic activity—it was the internet reacting to Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly landing in Costa Rica with their infant daughter, Saga Blade. The on-again, off-again pair were photographed at Liberia International Airport (LIR) in Guanacaste on what […]
Costa Rica has made it official: if your job lives online and your heart lives somewhere between surf breaks and sloth sanctuaries, you can have both. The country’s Digital Nomad Visa (technically, the non-resident stay—Estancia—for Remote Workers and Service Providers) lets qualified remote professionals live legally in Costa Rica for […]
More than 15 tour operators from the Central Valley and the general public learned about new tourist attractions in Central Limón and surrounding areas from July 31st to August 1st and 2nd at Expo Turismo 2025 in Puerto Limón. This initiative takes place in conjunction with the start of the […]
To put it in perspective, Costa Rica—with 5.3 million inhabitants—represents just 26% of Chile’s population (20 million), 15% of Peru’s (34 million), 10% of Colombia’s (53 million), and just 0.4% of Mexico’s (131 million), the other members of the Pacific Alliance. With these proportions, it would emerge as the smallest […]