The intelligence analysis by the Drug Control Police (PCD) officers was key to the arrest of two people, who would be linked to an alleged internal corruption structure, which would have contaminated at least four containers with drugs in which they were located in European countries and another that was carried out in our country. These subjects were sentenced to 6 months of preventive detention, while investigations continue to determine their possible links with criminal structures that are dedicated to both local and international drug trafficking. "I congratulate the Drug Control Police…

• MEP updates four study programs for teaching indigenous language and culture and two teaching guides for indigenous communities for the first time in 27 years. • Menus appropriate to the cosmogony and worldview of 24 indigenous territories will be implemented. The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) has promoted programs to strengthen education in indigenous territories, respecting their worldview and cosmogony and which will impact education in 309 educational centers with 16 thousand students. In 1997, the Higher Council of Education incorporated indigenous language and culture subjects int…

• Given the results of the UCR study, the current administration remains committed to ensuring that social investment resources are allocated first to those who need them most. • SINIRUBE has become an essential tool to avoid leaks and focus social investment June 12, 2024. Teamwork between economic policies and social policies is the key to consolidating the trend of reducing poverty. This was stated by the Minister of Human Development and Social Inclusion and Executive President of the Mixed Institute of Social Assistance (IMAS), Yorleny León, following the results revealed in an investigat…

• Zafarrancho certificate is mandatory and is renewed every 5 years. • Workshops will have an unprecedented call and will be held at no cost starting in June. • Inicia$va will enable thousands of fishermen to carry out their work safely in record $time. June 12, 2024. The INA, with the support of the Maritime Port Division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), will undertake a marathon task to ensure that 2,415 fishermen renew their "safarrancho certificates", and thus be able to crew small, medium and advanced scale vessels in the national territory, legally and safely, a…

-Limón with a reduction of 20 homicides -New blow to drug trafficking in Limón with the seizure of more than 600 kilos of drugs The reinforced operations in strategic points of Limón, achieved a reduction of 20 homicides in the first 5 months and 10 days of 2024, within the framework of Operation Costa Rica Safe Plus, which has already completed 397 days of sustained actions, through which the police forces have contributed to the containment of homicides and property crimes. At the general level of the country, the reduction is 11 cases. This downward trend in homicides is also evident during…

• Interinstitutional agreement will allow 100% of the installed capacity of the three executing units of the Care Network to be used. • Through SINIRUBE, available spaces in care centers throughout the country will be identified and referenced. May 22, 2024. Through an inter-institutional agreement, the Government of the Republic will assign 4,000 places in the National Child Care and Development Network. Boys and girls in situations of poverty and vulnerability throughout the country will have access to these services. The initiative consists of unifying the identification of available spaces…

The Cabécar indigenous territories of Bajo Chirripó and Alto Laguna Guaymí of Sierpe de Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, received more than 179 million colones, from climate actions for the reduction of forest emissions generated in their forests in the retroactive period 2018-2024, in which they participate voluntarily. The payment was formalized by the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, today at the press conference prior to the Government Council and is possible, thanks to an extensive process of consultation and joint work, with the National Forest Financing Fund of the Ministry…

MIDEPLAN, San José, Costa Rica, 05/22/24 – The Preinvestment Fund of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (Mideplan), approved important financing for 22 municipalities with limited resources and rural areas to finance their regulatory plans. The approved amount amounts to a total of ₡3,004,662,300 and will be administered by the Municipal Development and Consulting Institute (IFAM), under the Non-Refundable Transfer modality. The beneficiary cantons are Talamanca, Pococí, Guácimo, Matina, Buenos Aires, Osa, Golfito, Corredores, Puerto Jiménez, Coto Brus, Acosta, Turrubares, T…

The institution acquired vehicles to reach regions throughout the national territory, and thus serve populations in extreme poverty and basic poverty. May 8, 2024. The Joint Institute for Social Assistance (IMAS) set the goal of returning to the countryside and reaching the regions to support populations in extreme poverty and basic poverty. For this reason, the entity renewed its fleet with vehicles that will be used by local units to quickly and effectively serve those who need it most. These are 23 vehicles that will allow IMAS officials to reach different areas of the country, providing …

“In order to solve the water problem we not only have to organize the home, but rather, we must do it quickly, that is how we are doing it” May 8, 2024 – 90% of the population in Costa Rica has access to drinking water; In addition, it is the second safest in Latin America to drink water from the tube and it is the third country that has one of the places where it rains the most in the world. However, despite these good results, there are important gaps due to the lack of planning and execution of investments in infrastructure, which affects the quality, continuity and quantity of drinking …

• The Talent Costa Rica Job Fair will host job opportunities for all • Event will offer exclusive benefits, including: free parking and transportation, transportation services food, training and professional updating spaces, among others. San José, May 8, 2024. Next May 28 at the Convention Center, more than 130 companies nationals, multinationals and organizations will offer more than 6,400 jobs at the Trade Fair Employment Talent Costa Rica, organized by the Promoter of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica (PROCOMER), under the national employability and human talent strategy BRETE, in alliance…

• Annual report on Human Rights. The Department of State of the United States of America, specifically the Office of Democracy, clarified the information contained in the annual report on Human Rights related to Costa Rica. This was given through note No. 2024-0041, which responds to Note Verbal DM-DVMB-1208-2024 issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. In the verbal note, the Foreign Ministry shared a series of concerns about the 2023 Human Rights report. "The United States Government deeply values Costa Rica as a strong partner in the defense of democracy and human rights g…

•Strategy includes ultrasounds, mammograms and tomography scans and seeks to significantly reduce the waiting list for these diagnostic studies. The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will speed up the reading of more than half a million radiological studies using exceptional payment modalities for results; This was announced this afternoon by its executive presidentMSc. Marta Eugenia Esquivel Rodríguez. As explained by the head of the CCSS, “this constitutes a significant effort to improve medical care and reduce waiting lists and marks a milestone in the implementation of payment-by-r…

•Digital tool and human resources will make it possible to streamline people's care by taking advantage of resources from the health services network. With the objective of improving coordination and efficiency in medical care during emergencies and situations of plethora of services, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will strengthen the Patient Information and Referral Center (CIDP); This is how the MSc explained it this afternoon. Marta Eugenia Esquivel Rodríguez, executive president of the institution. As explained by the leader, the strategy will make it possible to streamline …

-Air terminal recognized as the best in Central America and the Caribbean April 24, 2024. The General Directorate of Immigration implemented changes, which reduced the transit of people in the procedures for departure and arrival to the country by less than 1 hour, both in 2023 and in the first three months of 2024. In 2022 the times exceeded 2 hours. This great effort contributed to the Juan Santamaría International Airport being awarded as the best regional airport in Central America and the Caribbean in the World Airport Awards 2024 by Skytrax, a global organization that recognized the jo…

• Inclusion of technical criteria and periodic review will strengthen the Mideplan, San José, Costa Rica - 4/24/2024. The Government of the Republic will present a bill to reform the Law on Administrative Territorial Division, No. 4366. This initiative seeks to update and strengthen the criteria for the creation of new cantons, thus allowing a renewed legal framework consistent with the territorial needs to The project proposes reforms in the National Territorial Division Commission Administrative, integrating fundamental entities in decision-making in this matter, such as the Ministry …

This afternoon, the Governing Council appointed Ms. Mónica Taylor Hernández as the new Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). Taylor Hernández, 46 years old, is a professional with extensive experience of 24 years in public service, in institutions such as the Ministry of Finance and the Presidency of the Republic. She is a lawyer by profession, she has a degree in Law and Notaries, a master's degree in Public Law and a diploma in Tax Law. The new president of the Fund is a proactive, responsible person with great ability to work as a team and is used to responding…

A total of 146 obstacles have already been eliminated since 2022. Within the framework of the “We Let You Work” initiative, the Government of the Republic reaffirms its commitment to economic recovery and the simplification of procedures, by announcing the elimination of six bottlenecks that hindered the development of the productive sector. This new elimination of obstacles comes as a result of the consultation carried out by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) to 16 organizations in the productive sector, who indicated which obstacles or bottlenecks represented an obstacl…

•Hiring will allow providing continuity of health services to more than half a million Authorities of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) insisted, this Wednesday at a press conference, on the transparency of the awarding of health service contracts at the first level of care that recently carried out by the Board of Directors of the institution and that will benefit 589,138 people in ten health areas of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The new contracts will be valid for the next ten years and will guarantee the continuity and quality of services in health areas: Santa Ana…

Wednesday, August 21, 2024. The Ministry of Health, the National Directorate of Education and Nutrition Centers and Children's Centers for Comprehensive Care (CEN-CINAI) and the Ministry of Public Education signed an alliance for the implementation of the Strategy for Health Promoting Educational Centers (CEPS). This strategy is designed with the objective of promoting healthy habits, preventing diseases and creating environments that support the physical, mental and social well-being of both those who learn and those who teach and work at the educational center. Promotion of healthy and sus…