Free Trade Agreement with Singapore comes into effect today
Email this page July 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Singapore comes into effect today, as Costa Rica continues to strengthen its ties with Asia.…
Report: Renewable energy in Latin America could meet 22 times electricity demand
Email this page June 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Decreasing costs and new technologies could make renewable energy sources more attractive than hydrocarbons in Latin America, according to “Rethinking Our Energy Future,”…
Gas station owners get their way – Fuel prices will increase as the result of an “error”
Email this page June 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Regulators announced on Wednesday that fuel prices would be increasing ¢9 per liter (¢34, or about $0.07 per gallon) as a result of…
New areas of growth in Latin America
Email this page Juliana Machado / Infosurhoy Paraguay and Panama are expected to register the strongest growth in the region, according to the ECLAC and the IMF. The most recent…
Communities in Limón concerned over province’s bad image
Email this page June 24th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Representatives of communities in southern Limón, including Cahuita, Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo, traveled to San José to demand that the government and the…
“We trust China’s word”: Foreign Minister says China’s involvement in Nicaragua Canal protects Costa Rica
Email this page June 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo believes that China’s involvement in the proposed Nicaragua Canal – a project that would dwarf the Panama Canal –…
U.S. investors bring arbitration proceedings against Costa Rica
Email this page June 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A group of U.S. investors has begun arbitration proceedings against the government of Costa Rica under the auspices of the Central American Free…
Competitiveness, foreign investment suffering due to high electricity costs
Email this page June 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The high cost of electricity in Costa Rica is affecting the cost of production in the industrial sector and reducing Costa Rica’s competitiveness,…
