AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPublic Finances: Costa Rica expects to collect $882 million less than budgeted in 2026. Proposed cuts would hit courts, police and schools, while new borrowing could push the deficit to its highest level since 2020. Crime Probe: The OIJ arrested a woman accused of helping transport the suspect in the September killing of American Mark Walter Fleming from Guanacaste to San José. The main suspect remains at large. Investor Losses: More than 6,000 Europeans fear losing money after Swiss teak company Life Forestry went bankrupt; it had sold trees on Costa Rican plantations. Swiss prosecutors are investigating two people on suspicion of financial crimes, with no charges filed. Tourism: Cahuita businesses report falling sales and fewer visitors following major drug raids that disrupted criminal networks with ties to the local economy. Air Links: Southwest plans nonstop Nashville–Liberia flights from February 2027, opening a new connection for visitors to Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Security Policy: President Laura Fernández toured El Salvador’s CECOT prison as Costa Rica advances its own high-security facility modeled on the gang-crackdown system.
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