Archive -- Costa Rica News

June 04, 2006

• Phantom Fiber Opens Offices in Costa Rica
• Pineapple Exports Increased 50,1%
• Retirement Havens for the Intrepid

May 21, 2006

• Costa Rica Government Wants FTA
• Tough Negotiations With EU
• Costa Rica: A New Destination For Medical Care
• Brazilian Businesses Interested In Expanding Costa Rican Market

May 6, 2006

• Colombia's Uribe Prepared to Meet with Chávez in Costa Rica
• Global Crossing to Extend Core Network to Costa Rica
• Costa Rica Celebrated in Memphis
• Tourists Chip In

April 16, 2006

• Costa Rica's New International Airport Will Be Built in Sierpe.
• Caldera and Costanera Sur work set at $40 million.
• High Competitiveness.
• Costa Rica Make Progress On Free Trade Negotiations.

April 08, 2006

• Costa Rica: The Internet's Las Vegas.
• Wal-Mart Purchase Means Lower Priced Milk Beginning Today.
• Foreign Residents Can Only Obtain Cellular Service Directly From ICE Office.
• Good Performance Against AIDS.

March 31, 2006

• CAFTA Will Benefit U.S., Trejos Tells UA.
• Ticos Live Better Today Than 16 Years Ago, Study Reveals.
• Volcano Poás Continues Calm

March 19, 2006

• Costa Rica Rides High-Tech Wave
• Wal-Mart Announces Additional Costa Rica Investment
• Immigration Rules Eased For Investors
• Could The Rumour Be True? Disney in Costa Rica?

March 12, 2006

• us$400 Million In Remittances
• Arias Declared President-Elect, Insists on Free Trade Deal
• Lower Inflation Expected

February 17, 2006

• President of the Tribunales Supremo de Elecciones denies any instances of fraud.
• Gasoline Price Goes Up, Soon to Come Down Again.
• Inflation Loses Momentum.
• Christopher Howard’s Relocation/Retirement Tour to Be on the NBC Today Show.
• New Costa Rica Destination Showcases at Miami Boat Show.

February 10, 2006

• Presidential Count Continues; Ballots Will Then Used for Toilet Paper.
• Puntarenas Carnaval Begins.
• Presidential Results Will Be "Official" By End of Month; New Political Scenario Looming.
• Cheap Flights ToCentral America.
• High Environmental Quality.

February 03, 2006

• Presidential Race Closer.
• How to Make A Million Dollars in Costa Rica?
• Largest Tourism Growth.
• U.S. Investment.
• Devaluation Rate to Slow Down.
• Study Shows Only Six Nations Achieved Environmental Goals.
• U.S. Buys the Most Farm Products.

January 21, 2005

• Arias All Set For Win.
• NASA Announces New Mission in Costa Rica.
• América Móvil Eyes Costa Rican Market.
• PGA EUROPEAN TOUR: Costa Rica Open 2006 Pays Posthumous Tribute to Kai Fieberg.
• Costa Rica, Panama To Share Tourists.

December 04, 2005

• 2005 Teletón A Success.
• Costa Rica to Enjoy Tariff-Free Exports to EU in 3 years.
• Gasoline Prices Going Dooowwwnnn Again .
• Foreign awards for hotels here.
• International research network.
• Sales of computer parts up.

November 13, 2005

• October Tour a HUGE Success.
• Why I live in Costa Rica or Why Smaller is Better.
• Gasoline Prices Coming Down Again.
• New U.S. Ambassador and President Pacheco Meet.
• Inflation Stationary at 14%.

November 05, 2005

• Costa Rica High in Development.
• Construction of the New Highway from Quepos to Domincal to Begin in March of 2006.
• Mexico, Costa Rica Leaders to Talk Pact.
• Green Gasoline" Goes On Sale Nov. 15.
• Free-Trade Debate at Heart of Americas Summit.

October 23, 2005

• At Last! Pacheco Sends TLC to Congress.
• United Airlines Launches Liberia Service.
• Investment flow.
• Poker Industry Expo Coming to Costa Rica in December.
• 223,000 Surfers Visited Costa Rica.

October 02, 2005

• Road contract approved for Costanera Sur.
• Willkommen!.
• U.S. Confirms New Ambassador to Costa Rica.

September 25, 2005

• Company Expands Costa Rica Operation.
• IFC Provides $40 Million to Banco Banex.
• Wal-Mart Announces Central American Investment.

September 18, 2005

• High Speed Internet At Lower Cost Coming October 1.
• Top Dollar Reserves.
• Space Technology Here.
• U.S. Setback Won't Sink Costa Rican Economy.
• $6 million for research.

September 04, 2005

• Second in Democracy.
• Baxter Opens International Finance Office in Costa Rica.
• Information for Families of Hurricane Victims.

August 28, 2005

• Better Equipped.
• American Airlines Adds Caribbean routes.
• Costa Rican Realtors to Sign Deal With US Counterparts.
• Quepos & Manuel Antonio.

August 01, 2005

• NO To Increase in Telephone Rates.
• Retiring Abroad Could Make Good Economic Sense.
• Sotheby’s International Realty Expands to Costa Rica.
• Retirement in Costa Rica.

July 10, 2005

• Arias Wants More Foreign Investment.
• Costa Rica Most Stable Country in Latin America.
• Innovative Uses for Renewable Resources.
• Alert For Effects of Hurricane Emily.
• NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica.
• Expo Osa Promotes Southern Zone Tourism.
• Ostional's Hotel Luna Azul: Once in a Blue Moon.

June 12, 2005

• Know What A Perito Is?
• Personality of the Year.
• Interest Rates Lowered, Banks to Increase Their Reserves.
• Speedy Internet Celebrated.

May 28, 2005

• SIGNING for Foreign Investment
• Southern Airport Studied
• Tourism Helps Pay Oil bill
• Zoellick Says CAFTA Presents Historic Opportunity
• Costa Rica A Great Haven for Tourists
• Retirement Havens for the Intrepid

May 22, 2005

• Balance of Tourism, Ecology Threatened in Costa Rica
• Passenger Arrivals Exceed Expectations
• Gasoline Prices To Drop!
• Nature Air Announces Daily Flights to La Fortuna de San Carlos
• Costa Rica With the Highest Inflation Rate in Latin America
• Equal Opportunities

May 15, 2005

• National parks are top dollar-earners
• Hyatt to invest $50 million
• A woman at the helm
• President Talks Trade In U.S.
• Minnesota University Explores Partnership With Costa Rican University
  

May 03, 2005

• Costa Ricans Wary of Free Trade Agreement
• More Dollars
• A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY - Central American Countries Lure U.S. Retirees. Add this to the gift list for new retirees: a Spanish- English dictionary.
• " Business & Beyond" to feature CINDE

April 03, 2005

• Costanera Sur Heats Up the Real Estate Market.
• U.S. Golfer Becomes Champion of the Costa Rican Open.
• Devaluation Reached 9.5 percent.
• Travel & Tourism.
• Pope John Paul II Forever!

January 12, 2005

• Costa Rica and life expectancy.
• Costa Reit Partners LLC. is strictly limited by SEC regulation.
• Two New Highways Promise to Improve the Infrastructure in the Central Pacific region.
• Flight Information Now Available on Line.
• Costa Rica is Tough on Corruption.

December 19, 2004

• Costa Rica No. 2 in Internet use in Latin America.
• Coastal Land Prices Continue to Rise.
• Tourism Leads as Dollar Earner.
• Tico Coffee on Rose Parade.