Costa Rica is a popular destination for people who wish to learn Spanish. Americans top the list of people who go to Costa Rica to learn Spanish, followed by Canadians and then Germans. Some language schools partner up with post secondary education institutions to offer courses that are recognized by them. Other Spanish schools try [...]
Income The average teachers’ salary is about five US dollars per hour. If you give private classes to businessmen, you may earn a few dollars more per hour. Teaching around 20-25 hours per week for a private language school, you can make about six hundred dollars a month. This sum sounds not very encouraging, but [...]
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TCRN STAFF: PLANE GOES DOWN WITH 173 KILOS DOWN AFTER TAKING OFF FROM TOBIAS BOLANOS PAVAS, west of San Jose with a shipment of cocaine that was destined for Guatemala. The aircraft was transporting 173 kilos of drugs and at 8:05 am, just moments after takeoff the plane flew approximately two kilometers before going down [...]
Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFevre The word Serengeti is synonymous with Africa. The Serengeti’s spectacular panoply of predator and prey still echoes through the mists of history on the continent of humankind’s birth. Now, the Tanzanian government has approved a highway that will bisect the shrinking expanse of Serengeti National Park, ending the last great [...]
TCRN Staff: 68,459 square feet, of prime beachfront real estate in Costa Rica can be yours for only $50,000,000 (yes that’s $50 million, that’s seven (7) zero’s). More than 10 times the average USA mansion, the developers call it the world’s largest penthouse sitting atop a 14 story development, Genesis Puntarenas. Possible income property? This [...]
TCRN Staff Last week, Laura Chinchilla, went on a whirlwind sales trip, ringing the opening bell on Wall Street, Rick’s List CNN, United Nations General Assembly, courting business investors, and trying to do damage control after Obama put Cost Rica on a top bad list as a major transit point for drug trafficking. All in [...]
Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFevre There’s a lot of talk these days about a “revolution in consciousness.” The vast portion of it is just that—talk. It simply isn’t true to say “we’re in the middle of a revolution in consciousness.” But does the verbiage indicate that a genuine change is occurring in man’s consciousness? No, [...]
Over the last decade, Costa Rica has become ever more popular with Canadians. More and more flights from many countries have increased dramatically. For Canadians, Air Canada ‘s subsidiary company, Air Canada Vacations, is adding charter flights direct to Costa Rica and especially the Liberia, Guanacaste area. This is good news for Canadians who’ve desired [...]
TCRN Staff Last week the dollar exchange dropped to its lowest level in the last two years, as of September 20, 2010: Central Bank, BUY ¢ 496.93, SELL ¢ 507.15 There is speculation that the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) – Central Bank – may lower the band. And in this framework announcing that [...]
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