Q COSTA RICA — The Government of Costa Rica responded by filing a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office and introducing a bill that would create a mechanism to stop the entry of products at prices lower than those of local growers. The government complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office […]
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Q COSTA RICA — On Wednesday, Costa Rica finally entered the United States’ Global Entry program, which expedites the entry of travelers. The announcement was made by Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, after meeting with President Rodrigo Chaves at Casa Presidencial in San José. Noem noted that […]
Q COSTARICA — The new COVID-19 variant, commonly referred to as “razor blade throat,” a sublineage of the omicron variant, Nimbus (NB.1.8.1), classified as VUM (variant under monitoring) by the World Health Organization (WHO), is circulating in Costa Rica. Data from the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Higher Education […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court of Sala IV ordered the release of the migrants deported to our country by the United States and still being held at the Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM). “By majority, the appeal is partially granted, and Jean Paul San Lee Lizano, in his […]
Q COSTARICA — Celso Gamboa, who once served as magistrate of the Sala III of the Supreme Court, as Deputy Attorney General, Minister of Security, Vice Minister of the Presidency, Director of Intelligence and National Security (DIS), and former Vice Minister of Public Security, is today behind bars, at the […]
Q COSTARICA — Users daily report irregular charges on their drinking water bill by the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA). The cause has not yet been confirmed by the utility, but for now, it is suspected that it could be due to a new methodology issued by the […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s judicial police, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), will investigate the possible presence of an arm of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime that could be operating on Costa Rican soil to commit crimes against opponents in exile. Roberto Samcam, a retired former Nicaraguan military […]
On June 9, the Constitutional Court, also known as Sala IV, announced the elimination of a paragraph from the Code of Tax Norms and Procedures (CNPT), which in turn raised several questions regarding the public’s handling of the list of companies in arrears with the Ministry of Finance. Although the […]
Q COSTA RICA — The Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal (BP) announced the successful deposit of more than US$5.8 million and ¢52 billion colones to more than 5,500 savers who held amounts exceeding ¢6 million colones, following the closure of the Coopeservidores savings and loan. This action is part […]
Q COSTARICA — The traditional decrease in rainfall during the rainy season known as Veranillo de San Juan (Veranillo) or “Indian Summer”, is not expected in Costa Rica this year. According to the national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), this is due to wetter and more unstable conditions that […]