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 organization.
In March 2021, the IMF approved a loan of…
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Costa Rica will require a tourist visa from Venezuelans
The Immigration Authorities of the Central American country announced that starting next Monday, February 21, all Venezuelan citizens will have to present their tourist visa to be able to enter that country. The information was published in…
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 shows tolerance and vigilance towards bitcoin
Rodrigo Cubero Brealey, president of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (CBCR), reported the creation of an innovation center on the Fintech and cryptocurrency sector, which will aim to analyze the related aspects inherent to the development of…
Government of Spain approves loans to entities in Costa Rica, Panama and Peru
The Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday in Spain the granting of loans from the Fund for the Promotion of Development (FONPRODE) for entities in Costa Rica, Panama and Peru for a total amount of 24.9 million euros.
Thus, the…
Buenos Aires becomes the best Latin city for digital nomads
Buenos Aires is the best positioned in the Latin American region for digital nomads. This was demonstrated by the ranking "The Work-from-Anywhere Index", prepared by Nestpick, after evaluating the cost of living, visa options and…
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…
OECD warns about the growth of informal trade in Latin America
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned that the crisis generated by the pandemic will cause strong increases in labor informality, inequality and poverty in several Latin American countries, so the…
Lima Group refused results of parliamentary elections in Venezuela
This Monday, December 7, the member countries of the Lima Group rejected through a joint statement the parliamentary elections carried out this Sunday by the National Electoral Council (CNE) in which the ruling party obtained the absolute…
Merlin Gessen: Neuromarketing and the use of biometric technologies will boost small and medium…
Merlin Gessen, María Alejandra Brenes, Marcus Gessen and Claudia Drastrup are the members of the team that won the first place in the contest organized by Neurocamp Latin America, with a focus on “Neuromarketing and the use of biometric…
Costa Rica seeks to fight the economic crisis
The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and his counterpart in Parliament, Eduardo Cruickshank, summoned some 70 organizations for this Friday with a view to a new dialogue to address the financial crisis in which the country is mired…