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Carlos Alvarado Quesada

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Costa Rica supports banning contracts with corrupt companies

Alejandro Zúñiga - July 13, 2021

The bill comes a month after news broke of an alleged bribery scandal involving several of Costa Rica's largest infrastructure companies.

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Costa Rica unemployment rate at 17.7%

Alejandro Zúñiga - July 8, 2021

Unemployment in Costa Rica was 17.7% in the moving quarter from March to May 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Inec).

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Legislative Assembly votes in favor of IMF loan to Costa Rica

The Tico Times - July 2, 2021

The Legislative Assembly approved, in a first debate, the $1.778 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Costa Rica will receive $250 million from Green Fund for electric train

The Tico Times - July 2, 2021

The electric train was a main campaign promise for Alvarado, who was elected as president of Costa Rica in 2018.

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MOPT leader investigated for corruption in Costa Rica

The Tico Times - June 24, 2021

The Minister of Public Works and Transportation of Costa Rica, Rodolfo Méndez, became one of those investigated in an alleged bribery scandal between construction companies and the government

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