Costa Rica News Archives - February, 2008

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Hot Spot in Costa Rica
International Herald Tribune - France
Guanacaste, the jungle-covered coastline of northwest Costa Rica, is attracting some heavy hitters. AOL founder Steve Case is developing a resort in the …

Tourism in Costa Rica remains strong despite U.S. economic downturn
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
... Minister Carlos Benavides described as “getting off on the right foot.” Visitors to Costa Rica in 2007 increased 11.5% over the previous year's numbers.

Costa Rica's San José, Liberia airports
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
With the new service, Delta is offering a total of 31 weekly flights to Costa Rica from the United States, including routes from Atlanta, Los Angeles, …

Resorts Springing Up on Costa Rican Shore
New York Times - United States
By HILARY HOWARD The Pacific Coast of Costa Rica — known as Guanacaste — is being snapped up by hoteliers and developers. Last summer, both Stephen M. Case, …

Better late than never: Telecoms Law approved in Costa Rica
Ovum - London,England,UK
Comment: The approval of the Telecoms Law will allow Costa Rica to establish telecoms regulation, create a national regulator, open its telecoms sector to …

Costa Rica Hospitality: Strong Demand
Latin Business Chronicle - Miami,FL,USA
More foreign hotel operators are setting up in Costa Rica, but strong demand will help the country's real estate sector continue growing. …

Companion Global Healthcare Adds Hospital in Costa Rica to …
Insurance News Net (press release) - Harrisburg,PA,USA
12 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinica Biblica Hospital, a general hospital in San Jose , Costa Rica , that holds the prestigious Joint Commission International (JCI) …

Ex-Pats Create Daily Shorts From Costa Rica
Animation World Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA
A new animation studio out of Costa Rica launched their website Monday, offering free digital shorts. PodComics is not only the name of the studio, …

US ex-pats in Costa Rica make history in first global primary
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Paul Kloes, the chairman of Democrats Abroad of Costa Rica, said voting was steady but not overwhelming. “All votes will count,” he said. …

Living la pura vida
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Costa Rica is so peaceful, it doesn't even have a military. It sees fire ants as its soldiers, armadillos as its tanks and toucans as its air force. …

Holy Week in Costa Rica: not to be missed
Spero News - USA
Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is something that should not be missed in Costa Rica. This is a great time to see some of the rich culture of the area as each …

Obama favorite among Costa Rica's Democrats Abroad
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
While US citizens were glued to TV sets and online news sites to see who would win their country's primary elections, a group of Democrats in Costa Rica …

Colombia, Costa Rica "top ten" for environment
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
Colombia and Costa Rica are among the top ten nations in a ranking of excellence in environmental performance. The 2008 Environmental Performance Index …

Costa Rica Central Bank Cuts Overnight Rate to 3.25% (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
31 (Bloomberg) -- Costa Rica's central bank cuts its benchmark lending rate and predicted economic growth will slow this year. …

Costa Rica Expat: Craig Williamson
Costa Rica Travel News - San Jose,SJ,Costa Rica
After 2 years with FS, I left and began Costa Rica Equity and Development that now has over 3500 acres under development all around. …

Weekly review
La Nación Costa Rica - Costa Rica
The most recent report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) points out that Costa Rica has the lowest rate of unemployment in Latin America and …

Costa Rica’s Circuito Nacional De Surf Moves To Tamarindo This Weekend
Transworld Surf (press release) - Oceanside,CA,USA
TAMARINDO, Costa Rica -- José Ureña, President of the Federacion de Surf de Costa Rica (FSC), announced today that the third date of the 2007-08 Circuito …