Tag: Costa Rica

• 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).”

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Uruguay, “cooperating jurisdiction” of EU

  

  After reports Tuesday announced the reinstatement of Uruguay and also Costa Rica by the European Union to the “grey” list of tax havens, Montevideo was quick to reply all the EU had done was ratify “the status of Uruguay as a cooperating jurisdiction.”

• Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Costa Rica on the verge of joining OECD

  

  Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Monday welcomed the approval by the Legislative Assembly to his country's joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictive measures: Costa Rica reopens land borders after over one year

  

  The Costa Rican Government is reopening its land borders Monday in a step towards the gradual return to normal life, it was announced, after their March 18, 2020 closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 15:34 UTC

  Costa Rica becomes 38th member of OECD

  

  OECD countries unanimously decided last Friday to invite Costa Rica to become a member of the Organization. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will sign an Accession Agreement in the coming days.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  US to seek migration deals with other Central American countries

  

  The United States will seek migration deals with El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama, akin to last week's with Guatemala, to curb emigration from Central America, a senior US official said Thursday.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Two Argentine pilots survive crash landing in Costa Rica's capital

  

  Two Argentine pilots survived when their light aircraft crash landed on Friday in a heavily populated area of the capital of Costa Rica, officials said. The pilots climbed out of the wreckage of the plane after it came down in the Pavas neighborhood of San Jose, in an area full of homes and schools, witnesses and officials said.