By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Banco de Costa Rica and the country’s hotel association entered into an agreement Tuesday, and one of the benefits for the tourism businesses is a special rate for credit card transactions.
Carlos Fernández, general manager of the Banco de Costa Rica, said the rate was 50 percent lower than what now […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The central government wants the legislature to hurry up and pass a tax reform measure.
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, the president’s brother and minister of the Presidencia, met with leaders of the Movimiento Libertario Tuesday for two hours to encourage the party to go along with the plan.
The party representatives were Otto […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
In a classic case of understatement, the environmental minister told a legislative committee Tuesday that the use of polluted water for agriculture can cause health complications.
The minister, Roberto Dobles Mora of Ambiente y Energía, appeared before the Comisión Permanente de Asuntos Hacendarios, which is trying to decide if the country […]
Almost 100 days into President Oscar Arias’ term, 44% of Costa Ricans questioned in a recent CID-Gallup poll said he has done a good or very job so far, while 16% expressed disapproval over his work and 28% responded neutrally, according to the results of the poll published in the daily La República today.
President Oscar Arias met in Colombia Monday and yesterday with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Peruvian President Alan García, reaching agreements in the areas of free trade and disarmament. The leaders, along with their counterparts from other Latin American countries, were in Colombia for the inauguration of newly re-elected President Alvaro Uribe.
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