Owning a cafe in a Costa Rican jungle town
Email this page By Jason Holland, InternationalLiving.com May 28th, 2014 — When Michael Allen, 54, joined his wife Connie, 51, for a vacation on Costa Rica’s southern Pacific coast back in…
Is China getting its money’s worth in Latin America?
With China’s manufacturing sector in decline, foreign investment may be the country’s quickest path to economic recovery. In addition to Africa and East Asia, Beijing is pouring big money into…
OECD cuts global growth forecast
Email this page May 7th, 2014 (VOA) The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is reducing its predicted global growth rate for this year, but expects growth to improve in many…
Costa Rica, 46 countries commit to automatic exchange of tax, financial info
Email this page May 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Tax evaders and privacy advocates beware – Costa Rica and 46 other countries signed up yesterday to automatically share banking, financial, and tax…
Appliance manufacturer Mabe lays off 350 employees at Heredia plant
Email this page May 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Mabe, a Mexican-owned company which designs, produces, and distributes appliances to more than 70 countries around the world, announced it would stop producing…
3G data capping should only be temporary solution: SUTEL
Email this page May 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Telecoms regulator SUTEL is telling the country’s wireless operators – including ICE’s Kolbi – that the recently implemented “data capping” designed to decrease…
Meet the Chinese tycoon behind Nicaragua’s grand canal ambitions
Email this page May 6th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) In a May 1st interview with Reuters, Chinese entrepreneur Wang Jing discussed why he’s putting his fortune behind a controversial $50 billion “mega…
Constitutional Court to examine if Central Bank secrecy is lawful
Email this page May 6th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Thanks to an appeal filed by former lawmaker Patricia Pérez Hegg, Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court will examine if the Central Bank’s claim to…
