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Costa Rica One Of Top Five
Emerging Real Estate Markets For
2006
Successful real estate investors
are well aware that one of the
fundamental keys to building a
successful property portfolio is
the careful timing of market
entry; therefore investors
always seek to buy ahead of an
emerging trend and often take a
national or international
perspective when looking for the
next big thing in terms of real
estate.

The "Tren Tico" is a
great way to get to see
some of the more
interesting attractions
of downtown San José. |
Costa Rica for Sale
Costa Rica is for sale and
already almost completely sold.
Costa Ricans, go to any beach in
our country and ask who the
owner of any given property is.
Almost invariably the answer
will be: it belongs to a gringo,
a European or a foreigner.
Heavy
Trucks Asked To Not Use Highway
During High Traffick Period
The
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) is looking
for ways to make the drive home
at the end of this holiday
season a lot easier, by ordering
that all heavy vehicles -
tractor trailers, etc. - be
prohibited from circulating the
main route of San Ramón and
Barranca on January 1.
MedTech
Invests us$2.5 Million in Costa
Rica Plant Expansion
U.
S.-based MedTech Group is
expanding its plant in Costa
Rica with the construction of a
new clean room, which entailed
an investment of us$2.5 million.
Likewise, it will increase its
current employee base from 55 to
100 in the next two years.

Sandinistas Serious on Poverty,
IMF
Sociologist Orlando Nunez, who
will direct the Commission
against Poverty starting January
10, assured that the future
Sandinista government would
assume a critical position
against the International
Monetary Fund.
Pollution in Nicaragua Lake
The lack of a health policy and
a law of Waters are among the
causes of pollution in lake
Nicaragua or Cocibolca, the
third biggest of Latin America,
local experts reported.
Guatemala
Recognizes Cuban Doctors
The Cuban Medical Brigade was
acknowledged as Figure of the
Year 2006 for its collaboration
in Guatemala, according to
editors, journalists and
photographers of Siglo Veintiuno
newspaper.
Bolivia May Take Sea Access to
OAS
The new Bolivian ambassador at
the Organization of American
States, Reynaldo Cuadros,
affirmed Friday that sea access
cold be an issue to be taken to
that multilateral organization.
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