Costa Rica World Cup Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's recently-inaugurated president, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, has ruled-out the notion that he would declare one or more one-off non-working public holidays in Costa Rica, to coincide with the upcoming Soccer World Cup, and in particular on June 14, 2014, when Costa Rica faces Uruguay. [full story]