As of June 21, 2025, Costa Rica will officially implement Technical Regulation RTCR 515:2024, marking a significant step toward the legal availability of medicinal cannabis in the country. Under this new framework, patients with a valid prescription will soon be able to access cannabis-based medicinal products through licensed pharmacies. These products may be prescribed as an adjunct to standard therapies, particularly in cases where conventional, […]
Medicinal Cannabis: Foundations for Effective Regulation in Local Trade
In the previous article, we explored the complexities of the current regulations regarding medicinal and therapeutic cannabis. However, it is only sufficient to outline the problems by discussing potential solutions. Aware that this industry is in its early stages in our country and expanding in other regions, it is imperative to establish clear guidelines on […]
On Traps and Athletics in Telecommunications
Economic activities in the country and private initiatives are free, as long as they stay within the bounds of the common good… With this idea, the marathon towards the full opening of telecommunications in Costa Rica began, under Law No. 8642, initiated by the much-demonized Free Trade Agreement. One of the many concerns at the […]
Telecommunications and Mobile Internet: Who Will Defend Us Now?
The theory, and in many cases, experience, has demonstrated that competition benefits consumers of any product or service by improving quality, prices, and options. Let us recall that, due to historical conditioning, we were led to believe that state monopolies were the most convenient and protective for all citizens, despite compromised needs and services and […]
Yesterday was coverage, today is efficiency and competitiveness.
Coffee tunes and improves the mood, predisposing us to work and heightening the senses. Coffee offers a lot, such as reading the “good news” from Cuesta de Moras and understanding how the laws that regulate us as a country are defined. And then, one is more inclined to take it strong because important issues continue […]
Costa Rica Renewable Sources Law: Consumers will be able to generate their own energy
Costa Rica has allowed distributed generation for self-consumption, with incentives for generators. Costa Rica has been recognized for its effectiveness in electricity production from renewable sources. In this regard, it must be acknowledged that, after six years of producing over 98% of electricity through clean sources, a significant step has been taken with the approval, […]
Energy with a Vision for the Future
While in the developed world, it is evident that energy companies must evolve towards disruptive schemes that are environmentally friendly, it seems that in our country, there are sectors interested in diverting the trajectory of renewables that has characterized us as the example to follow in decarbonized economies. There is no such prosperity, as some […]
Distributed Generation: Produce Your Own Energy and Save Money
In January of the past year, the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica issued a new regulation to Law number 10086 for the “Promotion and Regulation of Distributed Energy Resources from Renewable Sources.” This law regulates the generation and distribution of electrical energy in the country for self-consumption. The new regulation promotes distributed […]
From Prohibition to Regulation
As a consequence of the Great Depression in 1929 in the United States, the so-called Volstead Act, which prohibited the consumption of alcohol, was repealed. The collapse of the country’s income and the need for both state and federal governments to obtain money led to the lifting of this restriction to increase revenue in a […]
The war on drugs has been a great success! (only for certain interests and conveniences).
Fifty-two years ago, on this day, October 27, former President Richard Nixon uttered the phrase: “Drug addiction is the number one public enemy of the United States.” With this public policy and the influence of the United States, the response of other countries did not differ: let’s prohibit and eradicate drugs until we make them […]