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QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s customs service (Dirección General de Aduanas) assures that everything is ready to begin collecting taxes on all purchases made online, from portals such as Amazon and China to large imports. The general director of that department of the Ministry of Finance, Cristian Montiel, confirmed that this… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — The leader of the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN) legislative faction, Oscar Izquierdo, harshly criticized President Rodrigo Chaves, saying that the President is inciting the population to violence if the Ley Jaguar (Jaguar Law) does not pass the Constitutional Court’s review. The statement made by the Chaves during the… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — The administration of the resolution of Coopeservidores R.L. (known as CS Ahorro y Crédito), agreed to the definitive closure of 13 branches starting this week. According to a statement issued by the resolution, the branches in Liberia, Santa Cruz, Limón, Guápiles, Desamparados, Plaza Víquez, Cartago, Moravia, Metropolitana (located… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — During his election campaign leading to the 2022 presidential elections, Rodrigo Chaves promised to follow a course of fighting corruption. Contradictorily, the president’s proposals in his “Ley Jaguar’ (Jaguar Law) represent going in the opposite direction and going back some 75 years in the progress made in actions… Read more »

Q24N (DW) The aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, failed harvests and oppressive tax burdens made life difficult for people in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century. Then came a tempting offer from the other side of the world — 77 hectares of land for every family willing to… Read more »

Q24N (DW) Over the past ten years, Venezuela has seen a brain drain of unprecedented proportions, as eight million people have left the South American country — about a quarter of its entire population. Suffering from a severe food crisis, hyperinflation, and a massive loss of skilled workers, Venezuela’s economic… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — Guyana’s government is seeking to rejuvenate the country’s coconut industry through the importation of high-yielding coconut varieties. The initiative, aimed at boosting production and improving the quality of local coconuts, is part of a broader strategy to revitalize the agricultural sector after introducing approximately 60,000 Brazilian Green Dwarf… Read more »

Q24N (Science Daily) Brown University biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropical mountain regions found that even small variations in temperature and moisture can have massive impacts, threatening not only plants that live there, but also the ecosystems they support.… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — The province of Guanacaste has an enormous growth potential mainly due to tourism, which along with the international airport has multiplied investment, business and commerce, reducing unemployment and poverty numbers rapidly. In the last decade, Guanacaste has seen a reduction in unemployment of 10 percentage points according to… Read more »

QCOSTARICA — YThe Puente La Amistad de Taiwán (Taiwan Friendship Bridge) that spans the Tempisque River on Ruta 18, between the cantons of Cañas and Nicoya, in Guanacaste, is like new and ready to reopen in two days after months of repair and maintenance work. Although generally known as a… Read more »