In order to continue strengthening the control of the health measures in the fight against COVID-19, the Immigration Authority and the Ministry of Health made the following temporary modifications to the temporary regulations established in Executive Decrees 42287-MGP-S , 42256 and 42374-MGP-S: Term of Health Measures for the Closing of International Borders: The restriction measure…
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On May 26th the term of 18 months that had been given by the Costa Rican Supreme Court to the Legislative Assembly to reform the law accordingly ruled against the country’s same-sex marriage ban, otherwise the ban would be abolished automatically. Costa Rica became on May 26th the first nation in Central America to recognize and perform same-sex marriages…
Due to the coronavirus alert, the Costa Rican Ministry of Health issued on May 12th, 2020, the sixth version of the general guidelines for Commercial Condominiums, condominiums with commercial and residential spaces and Residential Condominiums (“General Guidelines for Condominiums”). The BLP Real Estate & Hospitality team shares a series of frequently asked questions directed to…
A draft law was recently presented before the Legislature under file N.º 21.941 that adds a transitory amendment to article 148 bis of the Labor Code to reschedule the enjoyment of all holidays to Fridays during the years 2020 and 2021, to promote internal tourism given the consequences of COVID-19. ¿How would this work? Any holiday that falls…
Article originally published by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica at:: https://bit.ly/2WcWMw2 San José, April 29, 2020. The Government of the United States of America made official, through the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), that Costa Rica has been removed from the list the countries over which the Office maintains surveillance…
As a rule, our Constitution requires administrative contracts to be managed through public tender or bidding. Public bidding is a transparent and competitive process that compels the Administration to widely advertise purchases of goods and services and promote healthy competition among interested companies. This is how the government ensures that contracts are awarded to the…
Traditionally, when an administrative contract is entered into, the contractor is guaranteed to obtain the economic benefit projected in its proposal, so that when this benefit is altered for reasons that are attributable to the Public Administration, or for reasons not attributable to it, but which are nevertheless subsequent, the contractor has the right and…
The Legislative Assembly, in session of April 30, 2020, approved the Special Transitory Law to facilitate the filing and payment of income tax, paymen on account of Income Tax and other formal obligations, in the framework of the emergency by COVID-19. This law seeks to reduce the economic consequences and minimize the negative impact on…
The world health situation has forced preventive actions, such as social distancing, to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Government of the Republic of Guatemala has taken a similar position, applying express prohibitions regarding the holding of any type of event and limitation on the freedom of movement. In view of this, it…
Meeting the delivery deadline agreed upon in an administrative contract may be significantly complicated by the pandemic that we are currently experiencing. Since this situation was not caused by the government, it is not in their hands to amend or correct the contract. In addition, complying with the term of execution of the contractual object is…