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Mexicana Airlines , Mexico´s national airline announced its new route from Cancun, Mexico, to San Jose´s Juan Santamaria Airport. They will us an Airbus A318 (cap. 124 passengers) and will fly every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Rates ...  [Read More]
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The Central Bank of Costa Rica released the latest inflation findings for the 2009 year. It was projected that inflation would hover between 4% and 6% in 2009, however, according to the Central Bank the actual rate of inflation will be approximately 2.57% ...  [Read More]
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By: Adam Williams of The Tico Times As light begins to peek through the dark clouds of the worldwide economic crisis, members of the Costa Rican real estate community are growing more optimistic at the tail end of what has been, for many, one of the worst ...  [Read More]
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Region's recovery could be faster than expected, U.N. says Latin America and Caribbean countries could show 4.1 percent economic growth next year, in a faster-than-expected recovery from the global economic crisis, the United Nations' regional ...  [Read More]
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Wal-Mart supermarkets in Costa Rica - Palí, Más x Menos, Hipermás and Maxi Bodega - all owned and operated by Walmart Centroamerica, the local division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will soon be in the hands of Wal-Mart's Mexican operations ...  [Read More]
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Source: InsideCostaRica The Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber in Liberia will be in private hands for the next 20 years following the approval by the Contraloría General de la República (Comptroller's office) to give Consorcio Coriport ...  [Read More]
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Nick Halverson
This is just a bit of random information and is all in Spanish. It is the official song of the Canton of Perez Zeledon, San Jose, Costa Rica. Pueblo Noble por Dios protegido valle lleno de amor y de paz son tu gente y tierra promesa de un futuro de properidad ...  [Read More]
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First section of asphalt going down on the Costanera Sur By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Asphalt work has started on a section of the Costanera Sur., the vital Pacific coast highway that has been promised for three decades. President Óscar Arias Sánchez ...  [Read More]
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Costa Rica's coffee production in the next 2009-10 crop cycle, for which harvesting won't start until October, is forecast to rise 5% to 1,671,270 60-kilogram bags, the official Costa Rican Coffee Council, or Icafe, said Friday. This compares to ...  [Read More]
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From Grettel Prendas. Original posted here With annual sales of $ 65 million, representation in over 20 countries and a steady growth plan, this “tico” business has showed that the country has all the ingredients for success It began operations ...  [Read More]
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According to FDI Magazine, Costa Rica was ranked as the second best place in their FDI Countries of the Future 2009-2010, rankings of "countr of the future for direct foreign investment" (FDI), in Central America and the Caribbean. The rankings ...  [Read More]
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Costa Rica's tourism is down over 12% this year, however, it is not due to decreasing tourists from Europe. In fact, more tourists from Europe have visited Costa Rica this year than last year, and ICT (Costa Rica's Institute of Tourism) is projecting ...  [Read More]
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From InsideCostaRica & LaNacion Click for some photos of the progress of the road to/from Quepos/Dominical, Costa Rica. After 47 years of planning the Costanera Sur will be ready by December 2009 according to the Ministerio de Obras Públicas ...  [Read More]
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Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a research center in Costa Rica to help develop new supply-chain technologies. The Georgia Tech Trade-chain Innovation and Productivity (TIP) center in Costa Rica aims to combine analytics, digital services ...  [Read More]
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JetBlue is offering tickets to San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport for only $79/each way from Orlando. There are plenty of other great deals to/from SJO as well. Be sure to visit Jet Blue's website for more information. This is a great ...  [Read More]
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Nick Halverson
According to alDia newspaper in Costa Rica , the often discussed international airport in the Southern Pacific zone is back on the agenda of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. President Arias signed the proclamation appoximately two years ago, but since ...  [Read More]
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By Chrissie Long Tico Times Staff | clong@ticotimes.net The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) is preparing to unroll a new series of bills in the coming year, including the first-ever denominations in 20,000 and 50,000 colones. The last time the bank issued ...  [Read More]
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By Chrissie Long Tico Times Staff | clong@ticotimes.net Following through on another campaign promise before he leaves office in May 2010, President Oscar Arias signed a contract to build a new airport terminal in Liberia, in the northwestern province ...  [Read More]
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Latinamerica Title Company (LATCO) kicked off their business opening in Panama at a great event on May 27, 2009, at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Panama City. LATCO provides buyers of real estate the assurance of clear title (title insurance), ...  [Read More]
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Macarena Rose
• ranch - $200,000 USD Bueno Vista Village , Cayo - 25 acres of farmland located in the Buena Vista Area of the Cayo District. The property is accessible all year round by a gravel road. The property has been partially cleared with the remainder still ...  [Read More]
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The first time that a Costa Rican company exported softwarewas in 1987 when TecApro sold $500 for twenty copies of a program to customersin Panama and Puerto Rico. Since then, the sales of computer programshas accelerated greatly. Between 2000 and 2008 ...  [Read More]
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