MEXICO CITY, July 30 (Xinhua) — Mexico and Costa Rica reached an agreement on cooperation on Thursday, according to a statement by Mexico’s president’s office. The agreement, that covers cooperation in such fields as education, science and tourism, was signed by Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon and his Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias in San Jose, [...]
Antonio J. Acosta-Rua, PhD With many supporters, friends and staff on hand, La Fundación Pro-Unidad Cuidado Paliativo, a Costa Rican pediatric hospice organization, proudly inaugurated Casa San Miguel Arcángel, the first inpatient pediatric hospice facility in Latin America. Casa San Miguel Arcángel, situated in Vista de Mar a small community in the mountains just a [...]
Business is booming between China and Latin America as the competition for resources continues. China has been busy in Latin America. Trade between Latin America and China has exploded from $10 billion in 2000 to $140 billion in 2008. While this is still a small amount compared to U.S. trade with Latin America, Beijing has [...]
SAN JOSÉ, IPS) – The Diquís dam, the largest hydroelectric project in Central America, is worrying indigenous communities because Costa Rica’s state power company has excluded them from the decision-making process, in spite of international treaties that stipulate that they must be consulted. Indigenous people in Térraba in the southern district of Buenos Aires, which [...]
University of Costa Rica scientists discovered a new species of frog in a mountainous region of their country. The frog is about 2 cm. in length and lives in the Altamira-Valle de Silencio area at an altitude of around 8,000 feet. The habitat there is rainforest with cool temperatures. The frog was named Diasporus ventrimaculatus. [...]
With its exotic wildlife, sun-soaked coasts and dramatic mountains, this Central American playground offers trips for all types of explorers. Catch a wave Surfing enthusiasts from around the globe will be focused on Costa Rica this August, when the Billabong World Surfing Games are held at Jacó’s Hermosa Beach. While this Pacific stretch’s notorious breaks [...]
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 total production of 1,591,477 bags in Costa Rica’s current 2008-09 cycle. The crop cycle starts Oct. [...]
Working with the finest private hospitals and physicians in Costa Rica, Costa Rican Medical Care will help people save hundreds if not thousands of dollars on certain medical care procedures. According to a recent study by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, the number of U.S. residents traveling across borders for medical care is expected [...]
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 and supply chain management to address trade-chain productivity. The facility, bankrolled by an undisclosed Costa Rica-based GT alumn, is [...]
Costa Rica Tourism Board’s global marketing budget increases to USD20m this year Costa Rica has increased its global marketing budget to promote the country as a C&I destination this year. The Costa Rica Tourism Board’s marketing budget rose from USD14m in 2008 to USD20m in 2009. “We pay a lot of attention to the US [...]
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