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Deputies approved two bills that would exempt construction and tourism sectors from the collection of the VAT for one year, even though an alternative source of revenue for the Government…

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund has had to prepare for making tough decisions in worst case scenarios that might arise as covid-19 cases increase. These protocols are not meant…

Remains found on July 4 in Jacó were confirmed to belong to a missing German tourist, Karin Holzapfel, who disappeared on June 28, according to the Judicial Investigation Agency. The…

Yesterday, we saw the highest number of covid-19 deaths in a single day. Four individuals passed away. Three men and a woman, aged 43-81, who were hospitalized, lost their lives.…

The friends of a 19-year-old girl held her semiconscious at sea until the National Coastguard Service arrived to rescue her. She had fallen off a cliff at Playa Flamingo, Santa…

The World Health Organization has categorized Costa Rica as a country now in community transmission of covid-19, meaning the trace of the virus has been lost. The Ministry of Health…

While we originally thought the covid-19 pandemic would last about three months, we are now seeing that it will be with us for a longer term. The pandemic has brought…

The second wave of covid-19 cases hit Costa Rica hard, forcing the Government to establish stricter regulations in order to create what is being referred to as an “epidemiological fence”…