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QCOSTARICA — Twenty years have passed since the approval of the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC- CAFTA-DR) – Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. This trade agreement promised legal certainty for the parties and established a series of trade safeguards in the event […]

QCOSTARICA — The Rodrigo Chaves Robles administration’s attempt to force the Legislative Assembly to once again decide on the future of the Low-Cost Flights Law between Costa Rica and Central America, which the Executive branch vetoed, failed on Thursday, leading legislators to leave at 4:00 pm because there were no […]

QCOSTARICA — Low personal income tax collection continues to be a constant in Latin America, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In Costa Rica, non-compliance with this tax among individuals with profit-making activities reached 82.7%, while among salaried workers it drops significantly to 3.5%. This phenomenon […]

QCOSTARICA — In a police operation that shakes the country’s telecommunications and cybersecurity landscape, Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s Cybercrime Unit agents raided the telecoms Liberty, Telecable, and state operator, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), operator of the kölbi brand, on Tuesday, due to […]

QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rica national weather service issued a green alert in anticipation of the arrival of a new tropical wave today, Wednesday, May 28, associated with widespread heavy rains across most of the country. According to forecasts by the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), Tropical Wave #3, combined with […]

QCOSTARICA — With less than nine until the end of the current administration, the Progressive Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Progresista – PLP) is virtually without representation in Congress. Of the six elected legislators, only two remain with that party, with the resignation on Tuesday of Luis Diego Vargas, who considered […]

Q COSTARICA — A single false post on social media can cost millions. Literally. This is demonstrated by the most recent report from the global firm LLYC, entitled “Misinformation Causes Real Losses: How to Protect Companies from Reputational and Financial Damage.” The study warns that this phenomenon is neither future […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica hopes to soon reach an agreement with the United States to eliminate the 10% tariff applied last April to Costa Rican exports, as part of a series of levies it imposed on almost the entire world, according to an official source in the Central American country. […]

QCOSTARICA — The roads of Alajuela province are among the most deteriorated in the country, according to a study by the National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models at the University of Costa Rica (Lanamme-UCR). According to the technical report, although 92.4% of the high-capacity road network requires only preventive […]

QCOSTARICA — Far from reducing the activity of the Poás volcano, the intense rains affecting the country could actually generate more explosive eruptions. This phenomenon is evident in images shared by the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) – National Emergency Commission, which show the volcano’s incandescent glow during the early […]