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President Alvarado, First Lady Dobles receive second vaccine shots

Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado and First Lady Claudia Dobles received their second Covid-19 vaccine doses.

Costa Rica sends humanitarian aid to Haiti

Costa Rica on Wednesday sent several tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti, which was devastated by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake over the weekend.

Costa Rica ban on Styrofoam begins this week

The use of expanded polystyrene, more commonly known as Styrofoam, will be restricted across Costa Rica in most situations beginning August 7

Facing backlash, Costa Rica’s OECD representative resigns

The new representative of Costa Rica to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Ottón Solís, resigned from his position eight days after taking office due to backlash from Congress and business associations.

Costa Rica supports banning contracts with corrupt companies

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

Costa Rica unemployment rate at 17.7%

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).

Legislative Assembly votes in favor of IMF loan to Costa Rica

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

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

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

MOPT leader investigated for corruption in Costa Rica

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

Man sentenced to 35 years in prison for murder of Eva Morera

Randall Garita Oviedo was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2019 murder of Eva Morera Ulloa, a criminal court ruled Tuesday.

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