Yearly Archives: 2015

CENTRAL AMERICA - Low productivity in Central American economies is the barrier which needs to be overcome if we want to grow in a sustainable way. A study prepared by the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides) analyzes the evolution of productivity in different production factors in Nicaragua,...

QCOSTARICA - M. Terry Bowman, 51, an occupational therapist, writer and photographer in San Francisco, told Forbes how traveling with a boyfriend to Costa Rica in the '80s inspired her living a more minimalist lifestyle. Bowman transitioned from an adult lifestyle — two-bedroom, two-bath condo — down to what she...

QCOSTARICA - Stopping cars to search them for drugs and other contraband - "retenes" in Spanish - is all in a day's work for border police. But when they stopped a car two kilometers from the Nicaraguan border Thursday, the driver became very nervous. He had a right to be. He...