Regarding the case of the Nicaraguan Joao Maldonado, the Government of Costa Rica clarifies:1. The Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) does not have legal jurisdiction to provide protection and protection to Mr. Maldonado or any other person.2. It is completely false that the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security intervened in a home related to this case.3. There is no type of indication that in Costa Rica there is any cell organized and controlled by the Nicaraguan government.4. The Government of Costa Rica guarantees the security of all citizens, including tho…

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) is committed not only to providing timely and quality service, but also to transparently and detailed reporting on the progress of our strategy to rescue people who have been trapped for years on a waiting list. Therefore, we want to inform you that, according to the last cut made by our Medical Management, as of today, we have managed to reduce the average waiting time for surgeries to 432 days, which means a waiting reduction of 140 days. This historic achievement is thanks to the affirmative actions that are part of the “Less Wait Better Service S…

• Organizations from the productive sectors were consulted in within the framework of the Let Us Work 2024 initiative. • These are procedural obstacles for the elimination of which requires some action from the Executive Branch. By 2024, the Government of the Republic will eliminate 33 obstacles procedures or bottlenecks for ventures, micro, small, medium and large companies. The above, for through the “We Let You Work” initiative implemented by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC). This is would add to the 140 bottlenecks that were eliminated in the edition This eli…

• Campaign was activated throughout the year, for the first time with the support of IMAS. There are unscrupulous people who take advantage of the vulnerability of families who wish to be beneficiaries of a housing voucher (individual solution or to be part of a housing project) and end up being deceived and scammed in the process. That is why the Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements (MIVAH), the Housing Mortgage Bank (BANHVI), the National Institute of Housing and Urban Planning (INVU) and the Mixed Institute of Social Assistance (IMAS); They joined together in an information campaign th…

• The modification allows events to be extended to nighttime hours, reduce costs, make mixed use of roads without eventually requiring a traffic permit and extend the deadline for delivery of requirements for permits for events. • With this modification it is expected to solve part of the problem that has caused the cancellation of some sporting events. Permits for sporting events on public land roads may be requested earlier and will have reduced costs thanks to the modification of the Executive Decree that regulates these activities. The modification to the Decree comes from a proposal made …

• 115 detained over the weekend in Operation Limón Control • 2024 begins with more police actions against organized crime and drug trafficking • Crimes against property decrease All the police forces of the Ministry of Public Security continued their work during the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, with very positive results in record seizures of contraband cigarettes, medicines and liquors, also in the containment of crimes against property that decreased, subjects apprehended with arrest warrants, arrests and seizures of artisanal machinery in Crucitas. The Minister of Public Securit…

The Minister of Finance, Nogui Acosta received the Banker's Finance Minister of the Year 2024 award, which celebrates the officials who have best managed to stimulate growth and stabilize the economy. This award is granted after recognition of the progress that the country has made in updating its tax regulations. The removal of Costa Rica from the 'gray list', a sign of its commitment to comply with international tax standards. Also noteworthy is the fiscal consolidation plan that has reduced public debt, and that Costa Rica achieved a primary fiscal surplus for the first time in more than a …

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Chaves Robles Administration Republic of Costa Rica and CABEI make transparent the use of cooperation funds • Resources were used to strengthen the cybersecurity system of the Presidential House and improve occupational health conditions, as well as for the creation of a communication strategy and the initiation of a proposal to remedy the problem of luxury pensions. In order for citizens to know the use of the resources granted by the Central American Integration Bank Economic Cooperation (CABEI) to the Republic of Costa Rica as part of a non-refundable technical …

CP-383-2023 Tuesday, December 19, 2023Chaves Robles Administration Costa Rica delivers its V Open State Action PlanThe National Open State Commission (CNEA), chaired by the Minister of Communication and Liaison, Jorge Rodríguez Vives, delivered the V Open State Action Plan to the Alliance for Open Government, OGP. The Plan presents six commitments, specifically Economic Reactivation, Employment, Citizen Security, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Open Justice and Open Parliament, through which concrete proposals are expressed to respond to the requests of citizens in these areas, thus becoming a …

❖ El Presidente de la República Rodrigo Chaves Robles, junto con autoridades del BANHVI y MIVAH, entregaron las llaves de sus nuevas viviendas a 144 familias que vivían en situación de extrema necesidad.❖ Familias residirán en un moderno condominio ubicado en el Purral de Goicoechea, con acceso a transporte, servicios públicos y cercanía a fuentes de empleo.Este jueves, el Presidente de la República, Rodrigo Chaves Robles de la mano de autoridades del Sector Vivienda entregaron las llaves de sus nuevas residencias a más de cien familias del sector de Purral de Goicoechea, quienes pasarán la Na…

Zollner, líder en servicios de manufactura electrónica duplicará sus operaciones en el país• Expansión de la compañía implicará la contratación de 400 nuevos puestos de trabajo, duplicando la cantidad de empleos que tiene en la actualidad.• Segunda planta traerá nuevos procesos, aumentará la demanda a sus suplidores locales y eventualmente triplicaría exportaciones de la compañía, según la estrategia visualizada al 2030.Zapote 14 de diciembre, 2023- La empresa líder en servicios de manufactura electrónica a escala mundial, Zollner Electronik AG, anunció hoy su nueva expansión en Costa Rica en …

• We govern for the interest of the majority. The Government of the Republic ensures the safety of travelers and protects employment in tourism. In this sense, we have taken urgent measures to solve the problems on the runway of the Daniel Oduber Quirós international airport. There is an emergency contracting procedure through SICOP under contracting number 2023PX-000239-0006500001. For transparency we inform that the companies Hernán Solís, MECO and Pedregal submitted offers. Only MECO and Pedregal met all the requirements. Taking care of every cent of public resources, we are going to ask qu…

NEW “NATURAL MONUMENT ZONA DE LOS SANTOS” WILL PROTECT PRESENT ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTE BEAUTY OF THREE CANTONS- Hills with great water potential, scenic, cultural beauty and currently with tourism potential.- The new monument covers a total area of 1861.36 hectares.- The administration of the Natural Monument will fall to the municipalities of Tarrazú, León Cortés and Dota, in conjunction with SINAC. Today, the Chaves Robles administration announced the creation of the Zona de los Santos Natural Monument, with the objective of protecting and developing the Cerros de La Trinid…

• Government presents projects: a bill for the authentic interpretation of Articles 67 and 77 of the General Public Procurement Law No. 9986 and another that consists of a Reform of said articles. • Although the Government of the Republic considers that the best route is the bill for authentic interpretation, it presents two alternatives so that the Deputies, within the framework of their powers, select the option that they consider most viable. The Government of the Republic presents to the legislative stream two bills with the purpose of the deputies empowering the development of the City Go…

UNEMPLOYMENT REACHES LOWEST LEVEL IN THE LAST 13 YEARS● Unemployment rate reached 7.7%, lowest percentage since 2010.● The trend continues towards the decrease in informal employment and the growth of formal employment.● Improvement in the quality of employment is reflected in the behavior of the indicators of underemployment, employment insurance and health insurance affiliation. The country's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in the last 13 years according to the Continuous Employment Survey (ECE) of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), corresponding to the Augu…

The Ministry of Health is promoting a strategy that aims to generate actions and regulations to guarantee the safe use of fentanyl in the country and prevent the abuse of this substance. Fentanyl is a strong pain reliever, similar to morphine. Its use is allowed in Costa Rica in the form of an injectable or patch, but only with a doctor's prescription. Using it incorrectly, even in small amounts, can cause death. Among the actions sought are training police forces so that they know how to handle cases that involve drugs such as fentanyl. Educate through a communication campaign the student pop…

The Minister of Communication and Liaison, Jorge Rodríguez Vives and in accordance with paragraph 278, 279, 280 and 281 paragraph a) of the Criminal Procedure Code, reported to the Judicial Police (OIJ) the apparent commission of the crime of fraud by the investment platform “Oil Profit”. The complaint, formulated on February 14, 2024, comes after the platform called Oil Profit was detected and uses social networks to disseminate videos of false and manipulated interviews, in which images of people from the political and business world and recognized figures in other fields are published. In t…

Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The Ministry of Health will implement a new strategy to combat dengue. This is an aggressive intervention to cut the transmission of the virus, prioritizing the areas with the highest incidence of cases. The new strategy will include the transfer of 25 officials from the Vector Control Program. This personnel will be distributed into 2 teams: one for the San José area and another for Alajuela, with an extended work schedule and will carry out 3 serial fumigations every 3-4 days, in 3 rounds. Part of this strategy will involve the population in a closer way, that i…

• In the last week 48 were arrested. The Minister of Public Security, Mario Zamora Cordero, highlighted the work of the Public Force that, since May 10, 2023, managed to arrest 5 thousand people with arrest warrants, that is, who were on the street, despite having pending accounts with the law. “It is a task that should not consume a significant operational effort by the police, because it is assumed that this is a vast majority of people who should be in prison, mainly those linked to homicides and attempted homicides,” said Minister Zamora. As part of the recent police actions, a subject nam…

• Trámite de solicitudes de mano de obra extranjera para construcción se reduce a cerca de un mes de espera.• MTSS facilitará formulario en línea para generar las solicitudes de mano de obra para construcción.• Gobierno y Cámara Costarricense de la Construcción trabajaron procedimiento para atender requerimientos de mano de obra para la construcción.14 de febrero de 2024. San José, Costa Rica.El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, pone a disposición el Procedimiento para la atención de solicitudes de mano de obra extranjera del Sector Construcción. Gracias a este procedimiento, presentad…