All Entries in the "Good Neighbor" Category

Why and How To Do Business in Costa Rica

Investments in education and development make this Central American nation a hotspot for high-tech companies and suppliers.
Costa Rica’s vote and approval of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) put the nation of 4 million people in the spotlight as a potential trade partner for U.S. firms. But savvy global companies—and even savvier buyers—have considered [...]

Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Opens in Costa Rica

Cisco® Systems Inc. announced the creation of the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute in Costa Rica to help small and medium business entrepreneurs improve their business skills and learn how to use information and collaboration technologies.
The Entrpreneur Institute’s courses are based on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and important business leaders, combined with the practical knowledge acquired [...]

EARTH University – Carbon Neutral, Sustainable and Bananas Over Paper

EARTH University in Costa Rica opened in 1990 as a private, non-profit international institution dedicated to education, research and the generation of value through production, transformation and commercialization activities centered around agricultural sciences and the rational management of natural resources.
Officially named Universidad E.A.R.T.H. (Escuela de Agricultura de la Region Tropical Humeda), EARTH University’s 990 acre [...]

Intel’s new Core i3, i5 and i7 Computer Processors: Made in Costa Rica

Intel Costa Rica will test and assemble the new Intel 32-nanometer Logic Technology chips, the first of their kind in the world with smaller transistors and higher speeds than have ever been achieved for desktop and laptop computers.
Intel® formally introduced their new “Core“™ processor product family to the world February 7th, 2010 at the Consumer [...]

Why is Costa Rica Smiling?

This Central American country tops the Happy Planet Index.
A child growing up in the Costa Rican countryside is surrounded by some of the most beautiful and biodiverse landscapes in the world. The government of this tiny Central American country aims to keep it that way. But preserving this land of tropical rainforests isn’t Costa Rica’s [...]

Wisconsin Native Named One of Costa Rica’s Most Influential People

Since he was at St. Catherine’s High School in Racine, Wisconsin – Paul Fervoy has been interested in foreign development issues.
That led to a career in Costa Rica, where the Racine native was recently named one of that nation’s 40 most influential people younger than 40.
Fervoy, 39, is chief executive officer, co-founder and part-owner of [...]

Blogger’s View of ‘Hopenhagen’ Climate Summit featuring Costa Rica

My name is Aubrey Ann Parker, I am 24, from Traverse City, and I am one of 12 student representatives from The University of Michigan attending the 15th Conference of the Parties United Nations Climate Change Convention beginning this week in Copenhagen, Denmark.
I will be blogging for the Detroit Free Press from Tuesday to next [...]

Neenah Paper Announces Reforest Partnership with Friends of Costa Rica Osa Peninsula

Partnership Will Help Protect and Restore Costa Rica Natural Habitat

Neenah Paper today announced that it has partnered with Friends of the Osa and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to help reforest a conservation property in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world.

With Neenah’s support and contributions, the [...]