On Friday, April 12, the International Monetary Fund concluded a review of Costa Rica's economic performance, which concluded with the approval of two loans amounting to USD 510 million.
The IMF technical mission issued a statement announcing the agreement with the Costa Rican authorities “for the…
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Bitcoin at risk in Costa Rica and Paraguay
Two American countries could ban Bitcoin. Costa Rica will propose a bill that restricts the use of cryptocurrency in daily transactions and Paraguay is in favor of eliminating the mining of this digital currency, since the high consumption…
Almost 30,000 Venezuelans in Costa Rica contribute 40 million dollars annually to the treasury
The “Study of the economic impact of the Venezuelan migrant population in Costa Rica”, with data from 2022, shows that the country welcomes almost 30,000 Venezuelan migrants who contribute 40 million dollars annually to the treasury.…
Amazon and Costa Rica join forces to attract more American tourists
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) revealed a new strategic alliance with Amazon, marking a milestone as it is the first time that the tech giant and its supermarket chain, 'Whole Foods', collaborate with a tourist destination. This…
APEP Summit brought together Biden with leaders of 10 Latin American countries
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, welcomed the leaders of 10 Latin American countries in Washington at the Leaders' Summit of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas (APEP), according to an official statement from…
Mexico will host a presidential summit on migration on October 22
On October 22, the Presidential Summit on Migration will take place in Chiapas, Mexico, to which the leaders and foreign ministers of Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Cuba, Costa Rica and…
IMF approves two disbursements to Costa Rica for 476 million euros
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given the green light to two disbursements of 275 million dollars (251 million euros) and 246 million dollars (224 million euros) for Costa Rica, which raises the figure to 521 million dollars (476…
Startup Azteco arrives in Colombia, Peru and Costa Rica
With its expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, the startup Azteco strengthens its position in the cryptocurrency market and offers the purchase of Bitcoin in local stores in Peru, Costa Rica and Colombia.
According to sources…
Costa Rica will negotiate a free trade agreement with Israel
The Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, Manuel Tovar, and the Minister of Economy and Industry of Israel, Nir Barkart, have signed this Wednesday a memorandum of understanding on trade and have agreed to start negotiations to achieve a…
Costa Rica faces an increase in cyberattacks
A wave of cyberattacks affects government institutions in Costa Rica. As the country looks for ways to adapt to higher levels of security in this area, cases of hacking continue to increase.
The Central American country has shown that it…
Costa Rica formalized application for accession to the transpacific agreement
Rodrigo Chaves, president of Costa Rica, announced that he will formalize the application for the accession of the Central American country to the Comprehensive and Progressive Treaty of Trans-Pacific Partnership (Cptpp).
Chaves' goal is…
Netflix will apply tax for those who share passwords
The American entertainment company Netflix announced that it will apply a guilt tax for those users who share their passwords with people who do not live in the same house as the account holder, as a business strategy to avoid the violation…