by Jurgen Ureña | Jun 3, 2024 | Articles
May is synonymous with bumblebees. Or it was about four decades ago, when they would suddenly appear flying with the first rains of the year, hitting windows, light bulbs and walls, pets, absent-minded gentlemen and children. The bumblebees then confirmed that several...
by Pablo Fernández | Jun 1, 2024 | Articles
September of this year will mark another anniversary of the famous photograph of the superheroes of the heights. I’m not referring to The Justice League, but to the eleven workers in the iconic “Lunch in the Skyscraper” portrait. It was on September 29, 1932, on...
by Carlos Barquero | Jun 1, 2024 | Articles
Last May 9, at Dakar International Airport in Senegal, 10 people were injured after a plane skidded off the runway as it was about to take off. Just four days earlier, at Kinshasa N’djili International Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, another plane...
by Pablo Fernández | May 6, 2024 | Articles
In June 2022, Swedish fintech Klarna laid off 700 employees, representing 10% of its workforce, in a mass video. After a reorganization, today Klarna is one of the largest banks in Europe, offering payment solutions for 150 million consumers in more than 500 000...
by Emma Tristán | May 6, 2024 | Articles
By Emma Tristan & German Lleras José Rafael has always lived in Alajuelita. In his happiest memory he is on the lap of his grandfather, who drives one of the buses that were brought in the 60’s. His grandfather had decided to go into debt to buy a bus and...
by Emma Tristán | May 3, 2024 | Articles
During the month of May, Costa Rica will submit its first taxonomy of sustainable finance to public consultation. Why did this taxonomy arise? What advantages will it bring to the Costa Rican financial sector? Will it be mandatory in Costa Rica? And first of all, what...
