After a long year of extremely high prices in gasoline in Costa Rica, a little change comes our way to release some of the stress: a decrease in the gas prices will finally be effective this week. Transportation in Costa Rica has almost became a joke during this past year with ridiculous price raises all year long, people had to start changing their necessities to comply with the extremely bad increases.
Even the daily license plate number restriction was set up as a solution not only for the uncontrolled Costa Rica traffic jams but also to help the Costa Rica drivers save money on gas. This next Wednesday November 5thgasoline prices in Costa Rica will cost a lot less: ¢ 687 (U.S. $1.23) per liter for super, ¢ 665 ($1.17) for regular gasoline and ¢ 609 ($1.09) for diesel. This good news were published on a press released sent by the ARESEP which is the Costa Rica entity that manages everything related to prices, sales and consumer law in Costa Rica.
This is definitely great news for the Costa Rica people after having one of the most expensive years in a decade. Although the people in Costa Rica have managed live on low salaries and high prices the best they can, the government appeared to be doing nothing for this issue. Costa Rica women and men work no matter what and it is a known fact that some people even have 2 or more jobs just to get by with their debts. Looking at the bright side of things, at least there are enough jobs to help the Costa Rica workers and thanks to the high education given to young people in Costa Rica finding a place to work is not as hard as it is in other countries.
