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Costa Rica Begins Tarrazú Coffee Denomination of Origin Registration Process with the European Union
The morning of last Thursday began the process of registration of denomination of origin of Café de Tarrazú with the European Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in a meeting that lasted approximately 2 hours at the...
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Top-6 Countries with the Best Health Care Systems in the World 2019
"The medical bills you can pay, the doctors who make home visits and the medical care so that affordable retirees simply pay out of pocket"; that is the reality for those who live in the places with the highest...
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Rural Tourism Emerges as New Choice in Costa Rica
The tourism industry contributes 6.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the Costa Rican economy if the direct and indirect contributions are added the figure reaches 8.2%. According to data provided by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT),...
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Investing in Infrastructure as a Way of Boosting the Costa Rican Economy in 2019
In a situation such as the one currently experienced by Costa Rica, one of the ways to boost the economy is to increase the Government's Capital Expenditure in ports, highways and roads, according to Luis Diego Herrera, an economic...
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Cryptocurrencies: Money’s Digital Future
Cryptocurrencies are the way of the future in business. They are a revolution that is transforming multiple sectors of the world's economy. By leaps and bounds, cryptocurrencies are becoming part of our day to day activities. They are meant...
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PROCOMER: Helping to Bring Prosperity to Costa Rica
PROCOMER, the Foreign Trade Promotion Agency of Costa Rica, during 2018 had the opportunity to diversify the country’s export markets, and 13 nations opened their doors to national products. In the last months, the goods arrived in destinations like...
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Protecting Costa Rica’s Agriculture through Adequate Phytosanitary Controls
The State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) controls and regulates the commercial exchange of agricultural products in both import and export, the registration, control and regulation of chemical and biological substances for agricultural use (pesticides, fertilizers, biological substances and other related...
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Costa Rica’s Petroleum Industry and How It Can Be Optimized
Considered the largest company in Central America, with 50 years of existence, it focuses its operations to meet the tasks of import and distribution of fuels demanded by Costa Rica. This is a mission that was entrusted to it...
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The Costa Rican Banking System Will Migrate Completely to “Chip” and “Contactless Payment” Technologies
The Regulation of the Payment System approved by the board of directors of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), 3 years ago, established that as of December 31st, 2018 100% of debit and credit cards in circulation had...
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Costa Rica Is among the Leaders in Global Innovation
Costa Rica is the 2nd most innovative economy in Latin America, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The study highlights Costa Rica in the indicators of business sophistication, creative production...
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Study Indicates that Brain Imaging Holds Clues to Rate of Memory Loss
A brain MRI (an artificially colored image) can detail the risk of memory loss and other cognitive difficulties, according...