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“I am and I will be against trawling,” said President Carlos Alvarado during his campaign. Has he changed his mind? Many organizations and institutions call on him now to veto…

Starting in July, all foreigners who apply for temporary or permanent residency in Costa Rica, which are between 14,000 and 20,000 people annually, will have to apply vaccines against 17…

Soon after a court case was opened against him, a Cuban doctor fled Costa Rica and went to Miami, in March 2018. He has since been extradited from the US…

Costa Rica announced a plan to decarbonise the country’s economy at a ceremony at the Costa Rican Museum of Art on Sunday. ‘The National Decarbonisation Plan 2018-2050’, was presented at…

I had a friend of mine tell me this story. They owned a property management company in Guanacaste. In their office was a safe where a bit of cash was…

Costa Rica News – If you are a landlord, even if you rent a room out of your house or a small apartment, you must register to pay taxes, meet certain…

Costa Rica News – For all those criminals out there that still need to run their businesses or talk to their family while locked up, it will cost a pretty…

Costa Rica News – Deputies have revived prison sentences for sexual abuse against adults, something that was not being enforced due to complications with the Penal Code.