Search results for :

If you're not happy with the results, please do another search.

Silicon Valley Institute To Support Small Tech Businesses in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA NEWS -  The Founder Institute of Silicon Valley plans to lend some support to small technical businesses in Costa Rica, La Nacion reports. To kick off the program, the organizers held an orientation meeting at the Cuartel...

Colombia’s President Endorses Medical Marijuana Use

TODAY COLOMBIA NEWS  (AP) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is endorsing the legalization of marijuana for medicinal and therapeutic use in the Andean nation. Santos said at a drug policy forum Thursday in Bogota that he welcomes a bill...

Call Centres With Basic Operations Leaving Costa Rica

COSTA RICA NEWS - Call centre operations whose only job requirement is speaking a second language (ie English), seem to have their days numbered in Costa Rica, according to the El Financiero. An example is the departure of Star Tek...

Valor Global Grows In Costa Rica, Cancels Acquisition

COSTA RICA NEWS - Valor Global Services is continuing its growth in Costa Rica, despite cancelling its announced acquisition of Ace Global Inc. The Scottsdale-based global technology company announced in May its intention acquire Phoenix-based Ace Global Inc.’s call...

ICT Betting on Russia, China and Brazil For Increased Tourism

COSTA RICA NEWS - Costa Rica continues to gradually increase tourist arrivals from Brazil, China and Russia, emerging markets with great potential. Although the number of arrivals from those countries is still insignificant for the country's tourism industry, they have...

Consumers Should Beware Shopping For Mother’s Day Gifts

COSTA RICA NEWS - Mother's Day is around the corner, on August 15, and buying on credit is one of the options for many to purchase their gift for Mother. Experts say the most important thing about buying on credit...

P& G To Shed More Than Half Its Brands. How Will It Affect Costs Rica?

COSTA RICA BUSINESS NEWS - (USA TODAY) Procter & Gamble Co. plans to cut more than half of its brands, as the world’s largest consumer products company slims down amid sluggish sales. The Cincinnati-based firm will shed 90 to 100...

U.S. Criticized for Ignoring Plan Against Central America Immigration

CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS - (Prensa Latina) The United States disregarded the Central American demands to join efforts to contribute to reverse the causes of the immigration of thousands of infants and adolescents, according to political observers in Honduras. Related: Four...

Costa Rica: Exports Targeted By Drug Trade

COSTA RICA NEWS - Costa Rica is the leading exporter of pineapples in the world, according to the country’s Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER). In 2013, pineapple exports generated US$834.2 million, which is 1.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product...

Costa Rica Seeks to Reduce Violence At Soccer (Foobtall) Games

COSTA RICA NEWS - Costa Rica’s  Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División (UNAFUT) - Soccer Clubs Federation - and the  Ministerio de Seguridad Publica (MSP) are joining efforts to prevent violence both inside and outside stadiums...

El Salvador rides tourism waves

TRAVEL NEWS - PUERTO DE LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador – The string of fishing towns along the Pacific coast is witnessing a growing tide of foreign and domestic tourists searching for ideal waves for surfing. The silvery coasts of El...

Costa Rica Frente Amplio Legislators Headed To Nicaragua To Celebrate 35th Anniversary of Sandinista Revolution

COSTA RICA NEWS - A group of Costa Rican legislators of the Frente Amplio (FA) will travel to Nicaragua to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. The head of the FA legislative bench, Gerarco Vargas, explained that the...

Los Ticos Flight Delayed!

COSTA RICA NEWS - Aficionados will have to have a little more patience today, waiting up to a couple of hours more as the flight carrying Costa Rica's national football team is delayed. Avianca's flight LR7644 was to have arrived...

It’s Colombia, Not Columbia

TODAY COLOMBIA  - Mike Ceaser, of Bogotá Bike Tours writes on his Bogota blog: I noticed this graffiti yesterday on Ave. Septima. It must be a satire. It comments on a sensitive point for the South American nation named after the...

[BLOG] Me, I Think I Will Stay in Costa Rica To Watch The Game Saturday

What does it cost for a Tico (or anyone else in Costa Rica) to take in La Sele World Cup quarter-final game in Brazil? Between US$3.999 and US$4.500 dollars. Per person. Two companies (I won't mention their names ViajesColon and...

Another Major US Company Closing Doors in Costa Rica: 550 To Be Laid Off

COSTA RICA NEWS - StarTek, a leading provider of business process outsourcing services is leaving Costa Rica, closing its Heredia call center and laying off some 550 employees, according to MarketWatch. “The difficult decision to close our Heredia site was...

President Uncovering Corruption in Public Hospitals

President Solís assures us he has found corruption in Costa Rica's pubic hospitals and institutions.

Colombia, Latin America’s Silicon Valley

TODAY COLOMBIA NEWS - Today, nearly half of the world lives in poverty, including nearly a quarter of Californians. The United States, like every nation, grapples with the challenge of income inequality. Colombia is no different. But, our use of...

Sutel Clarifies Proposed Mobile Internet Model: Customers Can Choose

The Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) clarified its plan to change the pricing of the postpaid cellular internet model, saying the "per download" will not replace the flat fee. Since last week, the proposed change to per download has generated controversy...

Telecom: Until Change Is Approved Sutel Will Not Define Future of Contracts

On the minds of millions of cellular phone customers is the pending change by the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) from flat rate to charging per download for their mobile internet and the question: what about the signed contracts? In the...

[OP-ED] SO FAR….???

OP-ED - In 2010 I wrote a strong defense of the newly elected president, Laura Chinchilla and in that discourse I said that she was sort of hoodwinked by the Oscar Arias administration who handed the then president a...

Costa Rica Holds Out Hope for LGBT Rights in Central America

COSTA RICA JOURNAL - (IPS) Grey-haired gay activist Marco Castillo and his partner Rodrigo Campos are about to enjoy equal health care rights. For the first time in Costa Rica, and in Central America as a whole, homosexual couples...

Changes in Cellular Internet Data May Be As Early As August: Sutel

It could be as early as August when postpaid mobile internet will be charged by download instead of speed, says the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel). The controversial plan says the Sutel is to "de-congest the current situation" experienced by...

Costa Rica Colon Needs To Weaken: President Solís

Costa Rica's Colon needs to weaken further against the dollar, says President Luis Guillermo Solís. The Prez, on tour (courting investors) in the United States this week, explained that the weakening will aid exporters in the wake of Intel and...

Intel Announces Opening Mega Lab in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA NEWS - Those depressed by the announcement earlier this year of the closing of the assembly plant for computer chips and the loss of 1.500 jobs were heartened this week by Intel's revealing plans for the opening...

Costa Ricans Need Yellow Fever Vaccine For Travel To Brazil

Costa Ricans travelling to Brazil, in particular to support La Sele in the World Cup, must be vaccinated against Yellow fever (fiebre Amarilla). Ticos should also be vaccinated against measles. Maria Ethel Trejos, director of Vigilancia de Salud del Ministerio...

Claro Offers Roaming Without Surprises

For Claro mobile customers who want to travel around the world and continue communicating with the same number, the company now offers "roaming" catering to specfic needs, voice and data. Claro breaks down their roaming service into three regions: CENAM- Central...

South Korean Company Chooses Cartago, Creates 1.000 Jobs

Although Intel and Bank of America is leaving Costa Rica and with them 1.500 jobs each, the country continues to be attractive to foreign companies, the latest a South Korean company with plans to set up a thread manufacturing...

Is It Better To Rent Or Buy a Piece of Paradise?

Many foreigners living in or deciding to live in Costa Rica are faced with that simple question of renting or buying, but the answer is not always that simple. The choice between buying home or renting one is among...

The other side of Costa Rica — the New Chic

LIVE IN COSTA RIC A - The majority of my readers are those thinking of relocating or retiring here or people who have already made the big move. According to my personal poll, the majority are seeking a more...

Costa Rica To Cut Budget Deficit Outlook for 2014

Bloomberg - Costa Rica’s government will “definitely” lower the forecast for this year’s fiscal deficit as the government steps up efforts to fight tax evasion in the Central American country, Vice President Helio Fallas said. President Luis Guillermo Solis, who...

Teachers Continue Their Strike For Non-Payment of Salaries; Day 12

It's anyone's guess when thousands of students across the country will be able to return to the classroom, as the indefinite strike by a group of teachers, which began on May 5, has no solution in sight. What the striking...
1...383940...45Page 39 of 45