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San Jose Costa Rica - Toditico is the name of the application for cell phones launched last week by the Costa Rica tourism sector, and through which employers expect to promote their tourism and Costa Rica vacation services to...

House and property Sales drop again for the 5th consecutive month, which means a buyers market for investors.Property sales in Costa Rica fell by 25.2 percent in April after five (5) consecutive months of decline. Investors see opportunity as...

Investors and big multinationals are tuning into the largest and fastest emerging market on the planet.Latin America has always been an exciting region to visit or live, but now it’s the place to be for new and expanding business....

Cross-border or international real estate investment is a new driving force in real estate markets globally. In North America there is a growing trend for affluent Baby Boomers to buy properties in Central America for vacation and retirement and...

The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) in Costa Rica is negotiating with China to define export protocols for pineapples and melons, reported the Financial Capital.According to the Journal these products hope to have phytosanitary certification.Health protocols are created to...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica and ARMONK, N.Y., May 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) officially opened today its new Costa Rica Delivery Center, in America Free Zone, Heredia. IBM will invest US$300 million over 10 years, and...

A quiet hotel on the beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Nicoya, the mountains and islands of Nicoya. Conveniently located within walking distance to the ferries, cruise ships, bus station, restaurants, bars and casino. Reduced to sell at $649,000. The...

The Banco Nacional (BN) and the online payment firm PayPal announced last Thursday, April 26th, an alliance to facilitate electronic commerce in Costa Rica, thus allowing companies to use an internationally recognized system to send and  receive payments in...

Costa Rica exports grew 16.1% in the first three months of 2012, by comparison with the same period of last year, according to the Promoter for External Commerce and the Ministry of External Commerce (Comex). From January to March,...

Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a third round of talks on the expansion and modernization of their existing free trade agreement (FTA).The latest negotiations were held in Ottawa, with a fourth round scheduled for June. The original FTA...