Costa Rica Alert
Big Growth in Air Traffic to Costa Rica's Liberia Airport
Date: 08/27/2007The sun, the beaches, the rainforests, the delicious coffee...these things and more continue to draw visitors to Costa Rica.
Read OnPredictions of Disastrous Weather Come to Naught
Date: 08/23/2007Unlike Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, Costa Rica was spared intense weather and possible flooding expected from Hurricane Dean.
Read OnSaudi Prince Among "Rich and Famous" Investing in Costa Rica
Date: 08/15/2007Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal spent the weekend vacationing in Costa Rica’s northwestern province of Guanacaste after arriving in a private 747 Boeing jet.
Read OnCariblanco Power Plant: Investors and Consumers Reassured in Costa Rica
Date: 08/14/2007This has been a year of electricity woes for Costa Rica, after a blown transformer at a substation shorted out the national system on April 19.
Read OnYou've Got Mail: Guanacaste is Costa Rica's Biggest Tourism Investment Yet
Date: 08/13/2007The big boys have big plans for Costa Rica’s booming Guanacaste Province. First, Mel Gibson moved in, now he is followed by Steve Case and Sol Kerzner.
Read OnNew Marina Will Boost Business and Investment in Quepos
Date: 08/08/2007Harold Lovelady and John Kane, both seasoned boaters and fishermen, want a world-class marina on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast, so they have decided to build one.
Read OnRacketeers Beware…New Tax, Immigration Regulations Target You
Date: 08/01/2007Notaries public in Costa Rica must now register all transactions of $10,000 or more, according to a recently approved regulation aimed at combating money laundering in the country.
Read OnAll Costa Rican Phone Numbers to Change in 2008
Date: 07/25/2007Costa Rica is running out of telephone numbers. Costa Rica has an antiquated dialing system that has never utilized regional codes or area codes (as in the U.S. and Canada).
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