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QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court, popularly known as Sala IV, declared admissible a constitutional action filed by the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) and annulled the fifth paragraph of Article 18 bis of the Code of Tax Norms and Procedures, which limited public access to the […]

Q24N (Reuters) Low voter turnout on Monday sank Italian opposition referendum proposals to ease citizenship laws and tighten job protection rules, with senior figures in the coalition of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying the outcome boosted the government. Near-final data from polling stations in Italy showed only around 30% of […]

Q TRAVEL (EFE) The decision announced last Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump to ban travel to the US from 12 countries, including Haiti, and to restrict the entry of citizens of seven other nations, including Cuba and Venezuela, has just taken effect. As planned, this order will take effect […]

QCOSTARICA — A more agile, humane, and equitable state, with responses without excuses, and where it’s not enough just to improve, but to transform, is the proposal by Costa Rica’s former first lady, Claudia Dobles Camargo, who formally announced her candidacy for the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) on Monday. Dobles’s […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica has improved its business environment and is now a less complicated country in which to do business and attract foreign direct investment, according to the TMF Group ranking. The country moved from 51st to 58th. According to the methodology, the higher the ranking, the lower the […]

QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rica Cruz Roa (Red Cross) reported last week that one in five (20%) of the emergencies attended by first responders in Costa Rica are traffic accidents. These statistics emerge as part of an urgent plea: road accidents are preventable, the Red Cross maintains. So far in […]

QCOSTARICA — In light of the recent suspension of visas for foreign students in the United States, Texas Tech University – Costa Rica (TTU-CR) offers a reliable option for those seeking a U.S. degree. Located on Avenida Escazú, TTU-CR is the satellite campus of Texas Tech University based in Lubbock, […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica has established itself as a leader in the adoption of digital payments in Central America. With high levels of banking access and a growing digital culture, the country is participating in a regional effort led by Mastercard that seeks to eliminate manual data entry and passwords […]

QCOSTARICA — The most recent report from the “informe del programa Análisis de Coyuntura de la Sociedad Costarricense” (Current Situation Analysis of Costa Rican Society program), run by the School of Sociology at the National University (UNA), highlights that the confrontation between political decision-making bodies and the powers of the […]