On Saturday, August 18th, 2012 the Community Action Alliance of Costa Rica will be conducting a job fair with IBM Costa Rica. IBM will be bringing a team of recruiters and managers to accept resumes and conduct pre-screening interviews to identify the most talented professionals and students from the region. The IBM Job Fair will take place at the Universidad de Costa Rica Regional Museum in...

World Down Syndrome Day was quietly observed in Costa Rica on March 21st with a legislative proposal to advance the rights of people who not only live with this condition, but also need to be protected against discrimination in the workplace. Legislator Elibeth Venegas of the ruling social democrat faction National Liberation (PLN in Spanish) recently introduced a proposal before the National A...

Expats have a lot to say! And they aren’t afraid to write it down. It seems that lot of people who have moved to Costa Rica are frustrated writers who want to share what they have to say. Blogs abound, posts to bulletin boards are sometimes prolific and informative, and long letters to friends and family are common. Some people write informative pieces, others simply record the every day ev...