ISTANBUL – Costa Rica is looking to develop closer commercial and political ties with Turkey, says Serhan Süzer, Costa Rica’s honorary consul in Istanbul. Bilateral trade grew from $8.1 million to $57.2 million between 2000 and 2006. The Republic of Costa Rica is looking to develop closer commercial and political ties with Turkey, according to [...]
A world leader in ecotourism, Costa Rica is a country that promotes nature conservation instead of the ruthless exploitation of natural resources, and wildlife-watching instead of competitive drinking at the side of hotel pools. The Central American nation is considered a role model in this respect, and its many natural treasures – including crater lakes, [...]
Alvarion to Implement Turnkey Project with Its Leading Mobile WiMAX(TM) Solution, Enable Advanced Broadband Service in San Jose and Rural Areas of Limon The world’s leading provider of WiMAX(TM) and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it was awarded a $6 million contract by ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), Costa Rica’s leading incumbent operator for [...]
Biofuel investing has seen a sharp rise over the past year, but spiked just since President Obama took office. Obama’s push for green energy investment and growing demand for Green Fuels is seen as the major cause for the increase in investors shifting focus to Biofuels in Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s national fuel supplier gets [...]
Question #1(part 2): Why would someone from a developed country like the U.S. or Canada go to a developing country like Costa Rica for medical care? Quality! The thirds reason and the biggest driver in the growth of Medical Tourism as an industry is Quality! As discussed previously, Affordability & Accessibility are the reasons why [...]
SAN JOSE — Costa Rica’s manufacturers are asking to be excluded from the free trade treaty the Central American country plans to negotiate with China in a process set to begin in January. The head of the Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica, or CICR, Juan Maria Gonzalez, told a press conference that there are [...]
SAN JOSÉ, Dec 17 (Tierramérica) – Costa Rica is hoping for a big jump in its Clean Trips (Viajes Limpios) programme, which allows air passengers to offset the climate-changing gas emissions from their airplane flights by paying for activities that preserve the country’s forests. By mid-November, 617 people (210 Costa Ricans and 407 foreigners) had [...]
Question #1: Why would someone from a developed country like the U.S. or Canada go to a developing country like Costa Rica for medical care? There are three principle reasons why individuals would travel to a developing country like Costa Rica for healthcare. Two of the reasons are on the demand side of the equation, [...]
Nevada firm plans second project with utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. Reno, Nev.-based Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA) is preparing to start its second geothermal project in Costa Rica after being chosen for a $65 million contract with Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica. Ormat plans to build, test and commission the Las Pailas Geothermal Plant, which [...]
JetBlue announced plans Wednesday to begin service to Costa Rica, a route that would be the carrier’s first to Central America. Starting March 26, JetBlue will begin flying one daily round-trip flight between Orlando and the Costa Rican capital of San Jose. The airline will use its 100-seat Embraer E190 jets on the route and [...]
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