QCOSTARICA Costa Ricn construction firms and other business sectors have raised the alarm over potential changes to Zona Franca (Free Trade Zone - FTZ) tax rules – as finance minister Nogui Acosta recently hinted. On Tuesday, Acosta told La República that a review of tax exonerations will be carried out due to the OECD’s…
The Costa Rican government has asked the United States for a donation of surplus vaccines.
“Since the government of President (Joe) Biden announced, on March 9, the donation of vaccines to Mexico and Canada, we have started a consultation process with the United States authorities,” Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano told La Nación.
“Specifically, our embassy in Washington has been making efforts to explore possibilities of support toward Costa Rica and towards the region as a whole.”
The United States will send up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine abroad. Since supply appears increasingly assured, AstraZeneca doses almost certainly will not be required in the North American country.
Costa Rican authorities this week relaunched a campaign to support businesses and provide meals to tourism employees who lost their jobs during the pandemic.
The “Reactivemos la Esperanza” (Let’s reactivate hope) campaign targets tourism employees in Guanacaste, the province the Tourism Board says has been most affected by the drop in visitors that has resulted from the pandemic.
The program’s goal is to donate 200,000 meals during the next three months. Reactivemos la Esperanza has already donated nearly 100,000 dishes in a previous campaign.
“This initiative invites us to help each other, between Costa Ricans,” said Gustavo Segura, Tourism Minister.