Inside Costa Rica » Uber https://insidecostarica.com Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 Uber to launch in Costa Rica at 4 p.m. Friday, officials say drivers face vehicle impoundhttps://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/21/uber-launch-costa-rica-4-p-m-today-officials-say-drivers-face-vehicle-confiscation/ https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/21/uber-launch-costa-rica-4-p-m-today-officials-say-drivers-face-vehicle-confiscation/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:47:42 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18680 The controversial “driver-for-hire” smartphone app, Uber will launch in Costa Rica today (Friday) at 4 p.m., the company announced online.

Uber said that new users can use the code “PuraVida” to receive two free rides worth up to ¢5,000 each.

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]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/21/uber-launch-costa-rica-4-p-m-today-officials-say-drivers-face-vehicle-confiscation/feed/ 5 Uber seems to have found an ally in Libertarian Costa Rican lawmakerhttps://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/18/uber-seems-found-ally-libertarian-costa-rican-lawmaker/ https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/18/uber-seems-found-ally-libertarian-costa-rican-lawmaker/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:00:33 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18616 It seems that the controversial “driver-for-hire” smartphone app, Uber has found an ally in Libertarian lawmaker Otto Guevara.

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]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/18/uber-seems-found-ally-libertarian-costa-rican-lawmaker/feed/ 0 Uber begins registering drivers in Costa Rica, expected to begin service without official approvalhttps://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/13/uber-begins-registering-drivers-costa-rica-expected-begin-service-without-official-approval/ https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/13/uber-begins-registering-drivers-costa-rica-expected-begin-service-without-official-approval/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:05:15 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18537 Controversial “driver for hire” smartphone app Uber has begun allowing drivers in Costa Rica to sign up for the service on its web site, and the company is likely to begin operations “in the coming days” and without the approval of Costa Rica’s transport ministry, sources with knowledge of the situation told ICR News.

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]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/13/uber-begins-registering-drivers-costa-rica-expected-begin-service-without-official-approval/feed/ 3 Uber Costa Rica hires CEO, service to launch in coming monthshttps://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/11/uber-costa-rica-hires-ceo-service-launch-coming-months/ https://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/11/uber-costa-rica-hires-ceo-service-launch-coming-months/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:00:14 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18497 Executives from the controversial “driver for hire” smartphone app Uber have hired a CEO for its Costa Rica operations, the company announced on Monday.

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