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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…

IMF and Costa Rica reach an agreement for support

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a technical staff level agreement with Costa Rica on the necessary policies to complete the first and second reviews of the program of the Central American country supported by the multilateral…

Costa Rica will have a second round of elections

The candidate of the National Liberation Party (PLN) for the Presidency of Costa Rica, José María Figueres, and the candidate of the Social Democratic Progress Party (PPSD), Rodrigo Chaves, will meet in a second round on April 3 after a…

Costa Rica proposes 13 % tax on cryptocurrencies

Costa Rica proposes a 13 % tax on cryptocurrencies. The Costa Rican General Directorate of Taxation proposes to collect the tax on cryptocurrencies equivalent to a 13 % value added tax (VAT) for the purchase of crypto assets. Additionally,…

Costa Rica joins the OECD

Costa Rica has formally become the thirty-eighth member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the fourth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to join the institution after Mexico, Chile and…