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Holaofertas Launches in Costa Rica

Holaofertas Launches in Costa Rica

SANTA ANA, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Holaofertas, a shopping website that offers a daily deal on the best local goods, services and cultural events in Costa Rica launched on… Read more »

2013 Exphore Costa Rica, Hotels and Restaurants Expo, from June 18-20

2013 Exphore Costa Rica, Hotels and Restaurants Expo, from June 18-20

Over 160 companies will exhibit products and services for the gastronomy, hospitality and related industries. San José, April 11th, 2013 – The Hotels and Restaurants Expo, Exphore Costa Rica is… Read more »

2013 Expo Vino Wine Conference, Oct 23-25 Real Intercontinental Hotel

2013 Expo Vino Wine Conference, Oct 23-25 Real Intercontinental Hotel

San Jose, April 10th, 2013 – Expo Vino Costa Rica 2013 is the event where wine lovers can travel around more than 80 wine distributors and producers from all around… Read more »

Women in Leadership: Tips for Success in Business with Marilyn Batista Márquez

Women in Leadership: Tips for Success in Business with Marilyn Batista Márquez

Join the Professional Women’s Group (of the Women’s Club of Costa Rica) next Saturday for a workshop with journalist and writer Marilyn Batista Márquez. Ms. Batista is President of Batista… Read more »

Lomas del Sol Condominium in Marbella Guanacaste

Lomas del Sol Condominium in Marbella Guanacaste

A unique experience. 23 hectares of lush tropical forest landscaping designed to make your dreams come true. A destination like no other located in the North Pacific coast of Costa… Read more »

Eco-Literacy Student Programs 
Evolve at Rancho Margot
 Costa Rica

Eco-Literacy Student Programs 
Evolve at Rancho Margot
 Costa Rica

El Castillo, COSTA RICA – April 2013 – Rancho Margot, innovator and educator in sustainable community development, permaculture and self-sufficiency, announced enhanced Eco-Literacy Student Programs after years of experience educating… Read more »

Saladero Eco Lodge and Danta Corcovado Lodge Costa Rica

Saladero Eco Lodge and Danta Corcovado Lodge Costa Rica

APRIL 2013, New Golfo Dulce/Corcovado adventure packages announced by Saladero Eco Lodge and Danta Corcovado Lodge. For the first time a Golfo Dulce and Corcovado lodge are working together to… Read more »

The Cacao Lounge Jaco Beach Costa Rica

The Cacao Lounge Jaco Beach Costa Rica

The Cacao Lounge opened December 16th 2012 as a new concept of delectable art chocolates, and desserts with fresh flowers in a lounge setting. The Cacao Lounge is a completely… Read more »

Finca LaPatria in Azahar river Tacacori, Alajuela Costa Rica

Finca LaPatria in Azahar river Tacacori, Alajuela Costa Rica

Finca LaPatria is a small alternative farm with the main objective of being as self-sustaining as possible. It is located along the Azahar river in Tacacori. It is a small… Read more »

Anchors End Tattoo in Playa Jaco Costa Rica

Anchors End Tattoo in Playa Jaco Costa Rica

Anchors End Tattoo-Playa Jaco is an internationally acclaimed art studio offering the finest in body decoration and body piercing. Owner artist Keely Tackett has brought 33 years of experience to… Read more »

McMyths: The Reality of the Golden Arches in Costa Rica

McMyths: The Reality of the Golden Arches in Costa Rica

McDonald’s is not only one of the most powerful and widely-recognized brands around the world; it is also one of the most vilified. The Golden Arches have come to symbolize… Read more »

Caballo Loco Boutique in Ciudad Colon

Caballo Loco Boutique in Ciudad Colon

While Krysia Peterson might not be from Texas, she has certainly embraced “Everything Western” in her fabulously well stocked new store, Caballo Loco Boutique, in Ciudad Colon. Hats and more… Read more »

Money Laundering in Costa Rica

Money Laundering in Costa Rica

Renting hotels and low interest loans to entrepreneurs with financial problems, have joined other traditional forms of money laundering. The latest news from the U.S. State Department on the subject,… Read more »

Reach506.com: Daily Email Newsletter for Expats in Costa Rica

Reach506.com: Daily Email Newsletter for Expats in Costa Rica

Reach506.com was launched over the weekend, with the aim of reaching thousands of English speaking expats in Costa Rica with a daily email-newsletter, advice, information, and savings on local businesses…. Read more »

Professional Women’s Group February 22 Networking Mixer in Costa Rica

Professional Women’s Group February 22 Networking Mixer in Costa Rica

Join the Professional Women’s Group (of the Women’s Club of Costa Rica) this Friday evening for its first networking event of 2013. This is a great opportunity to meet other… Read more »

Costa Rica Upholds Ban On Open-Pit Mining

Costa Rica Upholds Ban On Open-Pit Mining

Costa Rica’s Constitutional Tribunal, the country’s highest court, on Feb. 6 unanimously rejected a case brought by the country’s Mining and Industry Association challenging the 2010 ban on open-pit mining…. Read more »

Costa Rica To Review Tax Exemptions

Costa Rica To Review Tax Exemptions

A new tax reform bill is bringing up for discussion which sectors of the economy need these stimuli kept in place and which do not. The bill on a new… Read more »

Costa Rican January Consumer Prices Rose Most In Three Years

Costa Rican January Consumer Prices Rose Most In Three Years

Costa Rican consumer prices rose the most in three years after government regulators let energy costs rise in Central America’s second-biggest economy. Costa Rican consumer prices climbed 1.31 percent in… Read more »

Kitchen Fire Destroys House In Panama Of Samara

Kitchen Fire Destroys House In Panama Of Samara

A brand new TV and DVD player are now just charred pieces of metal. The fridge is still standing but it is ruined. All that is left are ashes in… Read more »

Lending Slowdown In Costa Rica

Lending Slowdown In Costa Rica

Over the next nine months the Central Bank of Costa Rica will slow credit growth to the private sector, keeping it at below 9%. Posted under a publication of the… Read more »