Tag: Costa Rica

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 14:02 UTC

  Uruguay has the second highest minimum wage in Latin America: See how much is earned in each country

  

  The German media Statista, specialized in the disclosure of market data, shared in recent days a new report on minimum wages in Latin America for 2023.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 20:47 UTC

  Costa Rica on brink of joining Pacific Alliance

  

  Costa Rica may soon be joining the Pacific Alliance after the organization's Council of Ministers Thursday approved the Central American country's request to begin negotiations to join the regional bloc, it was reported.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  Paraguay among leading countries in renewable electricity generation

  

  Paraguay and Costa Rica were among the world's leading countries generating electricity from renewable sources, according to a report by the Latin American Energy Organization (Olade) published Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  IAPA concerned over Costa Rican President's onslaught against newspaper

  

  The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Tuesday expressed its concern over the future of free speech in Costa Rica following the attacks of the Government of President Rodrigo Chaves against La Nación, which included “administrative actions” against the newspaper one of the companies owning it.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Costa Rica clinch football World Cup berth after beating NZ

  

  Costa Rica striker Joel Campbell Tuesday scored two minutes into the game and gave his country the last berth available at this year¡s football World Cup in Qatar with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand's All Whites. The match was played at the Al Rayyan Stadium.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  IAPA concerned over Judiciary deployment in Costa Rican newspaper case

  

  Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Jorge Canahuati urged Costa Rica's judiciary to handle the process with transparency and to observe the due process of law as legal action has been taken involving Diario Extra.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  Rodrigo Chaves sworn in as President of Costa Rica

  

  Despite his dubious past at the World Bank, Rodrigo Chaves has been sworn in as the new President of Costa Rica during a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly, which was attended by Spain's King Felipe VI among other dignitaries.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rodrigo Chaves becomes Costa Rica's President-elect

  

  Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court Sunday confirmed Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party had won the Presidential elections with 52.9 % of the votes, against José María Figueres' 47.11%.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 20:26 UTC

  A former president and a former finance minister reach Costa Rica's runoff

  

  Former Costa Rican President José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party (center-right) Figueres won Sunday's first round of this year's elections but failed to secure a decisive majority, due to which he will need to take on former Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves, of the Democratic Social Progress party (center) at the April 3 runoff.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 10:00 UTC

  Governments at COP26 create group to rid world of fossil fuels

  

  A group of countries and territories led by Denmark and Costa Rica have decided to join forces with regards to a world free from fossil fuels in compliance with the 2015 Paris Agreement under a group named “the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).”