First San Jose Location Opening Just Five Months after Signing Agreement MIAMI, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Miami-based Pollo Tropical® announces the opening of its first franchised restaurant in Costa Rica, in San Jose’s main square: Parque Central. The opening marks the first of what it hopes will be at least five Pollo Tropical [...]
Mark Mead of Mead Brown Costa Rica is 1 of only 40 villa rental agents in the world named to the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler villa rental agent list for 2012. Playa Herradura, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 - Mark Mead, president of Mead Brown Costa Rica Vacation Rentals, has again been named the [...]
Napa Valley wine consultant Kerry Damskey has pioneered Costa Rica’s first commercial winery. Damskey told Decanter.com he planted 4ha of Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Grenache in December 2011. The winery and vineyards are located above the small city of Copey in central Costa Rica, at an altitude of 2000m. ‘Costa Rica will present [...]
NEW DELHI: Latin American nation Costa Rica today sought Indian investments and cooperation in the field of automobiles, biotechnology and agri food products. The two countries are negotiating an agreement to promote investment and bilateral business relations. In 2010-11, the two-way trade was USD 156 million. “We believe there is a great potential for bilateral [...]
Costa Rica will seek to sell at least $500 million in bonds abroad this year to help sustain economic growth and improve the Central American nation’s infrastructure, Finance Minister Fernando Herrero said. Costa Rica joined Trinidad & Tobago and Bolivia in announcing plans to sell benchmark dollar bonds amid near-record low borrowing costs in the [...]
Gabriela Llobet is the Director General for the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency, CINDE. Gabriela joined CINDE in July 2007. Prior to joining CINDE, she worked with INTEL for approximately 3 years as the Corporate Affairs Manager for INTEL Costa Rica. Previous to that, she was appointed by the Government of Costa Rica as Viceminister [...]
San José, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 Addressing the ICANN Public Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica’s 49th President, Laura Chinchilla said, “The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming [...]
As Albert Einstein once said about filling out tax returns, “This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher.” But philosopher or not, everybody knows it’s that swell season of the year again, with only a month to go before the United States IRS tax filing deadline of April 15th. And yes, even [...]
NARANJO, Costa Rica—Coffee producers in the heart of this region that grows top-notch beans learned a tough lesson in 2001, the last time prices sank: Even gourmet coffee can leave a bitter taste. This time, they are better prepared. Prices of arabica beans, the kind coveted by connoisseurs for their mild taste, have hit 17-month [...]
Costa Rica’s Congress last night gave initial approval to an overhaul of the tax system aimed at paring a fiscal deficit equal to more than 5 percent of gross domestic product. The legislation now awaits a Supreme Court ruling on opposition allegations that its fast-track treatment by lawmakers was unconstitutional. The tribunal takes an average 18 months [...]
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