All Entries in the "Migración - Costa Rica Immigration" Category

Internet and e-Commerce Industries Booming in Costa Rica

Central American countries, like Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, are all experiencing a considerable scale of development in their telecommunication sectors.

However, Costa Rica has managed to reach a high level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and operation advancements due to its economic policies.

Costa Rica’s New Immigration Law Takes Effect March 1, 2010

Costa Rica’s new immigration law (nueva ley migratoria) was published in the official government publication La Gaceta on September 1, 2009 … meaning the new “Ley General de Migración y Extranjería” will be the Costa Rica immigration law of the land starting March 1, 2010.
Costa Rica is a world-wide destination for vacationers, travelers, those seeking [...]

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 [...]

My Dream is to Own a Costa Rica Bed and Breakfast

So your dream is to own a B&B in the Paradise of Costa Rica?!
Wake up; wake up from that nightmare…. Yes, shake yourself; make sure you don’t eat real late at night again.  Owning a B&B sounds romantic and great.  It seems like a real money maker and it can be.  It can also [...]

The Agenda and Challenges of Costa Rica’s New President

Costa Rica’s first woman head of state, president-elect Laura Chinchilla, must now get to work.
For decades Costa Rica has been an oasis of stability in the troubled Central American isthmus. It is the only Latin American country to figure on a list of the world’s 22 “older democracies” compiled by Robert Dahl, an eminent political [...]

¡Felicitaciones! Laura Chinchilla – Costa Rica’s President Elect

Today, February 7, 2010 Costarricenses literally celebrated democracy as its citizens enthusiastically went to polls and voted for the next president of the Republic of Costa Rica.

During the entire day cars and people paraded through the streets waving flags representing their candidates of choice.
Once the polls closed, parks filled with citizens celebrating the election and [...]

A Night at the Del Rey – Costa Rica’s Most inFamous Hotel

It’s not nearly as famous as Amsterdam in this regard, but prostitution is legal in Costa Rica and the country has become quite a big destination for sex tourism – despite the Costa Rica government’s own efforts to discourage its promotion and growth.
Michael Paladin is an expat living in Central America who for the benefit [...]

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 [...]

Break Me Off A Piece Of Costa Rica

Nicholas Kristof has a happy-go-lucky column yesterday in the New York Times about Costa Rica that reads as part tourism advertisement, part political common sense.
He goes on and on about how the country is consistently ranked high in “happiness” surveys. This is true. How, then, did they get that way?

What sets Costa Rica apart [...]

The Costa Rica Health Care System, Medical Vacations and What The U.S. Can Learn

Statistics from the World Health Organization place Costa Rica third in life expectancy, sandwiched neatly behind Japan and France and ahead of Great Britain and the United States; and with a per capita income about one tenth of the other four.
Some will [...]

Comedian Joan Rivers “Held Hostage” in Costa Rica – “Never” Will She Return

U.S. Comedian, QVC jewelry mogul and celebrity red carpet mercenary Joan Rivers, along her semi-celebrity daughter Melissa Rivers, friends and family welcomed in a new decade by celebrating New Year’s 2010 in beautiful Costa Rica.
But like all vacations, there comes a time to return home … even for celebrities.
However, when Ms. Rivers attempted to board [...]

2010 Social and Political Unrest for Latin America – The Failure of Lula?

This map lifted from The Economist will do fine to introduce a Latin American forecast of 2010 because it explains a lot.
If you observe well, All of Hispanic America is In Trouble, besides Costa Rica, Uruguay and Cuba (then again, how could trouble start in totalitarian Cuba?). Flanking this zone of probable social unrest there [...]

Costa Rica Firearms Review Complete – 26 Foreigners Lose Gun Permits

The Costa Rica security ministry has pulled the permits of 26 foreigners so that they no longer are able to carry firearms.
The minister also established additional rules for foreigners who seek these carry permits.
No U.S., Canadian or British citizens were among those foreigners who lost their permits. There were 11 Nicaraguans, eight Colombians, two Cubans [...]

Arkansas Woman Living & Treated for Breast Cancer in Costa Rica Helps Others

An Arkansas couple falls in love with Costa Rica, and in the process expands the reach of hero Central.
It started with whitewater rafting. John and Kathy Ward went to Costa Rica for a fun vacation. Then they started going on mission trips with their church and volunteering, and then other churches turned to the Wards [...]

Costa Rica Police and Immigration Crack Down on Jamaica Gangs

Jamaicans living in Costa Rica are facing more visa restrictions today as that country’s government responds to an upsurge in crime, allegedly linked to gangs from the island.
With the new regime, Jamaicans living in Costa Rica will be required to submit their cases to the Immigration Administration in downtown San José for special review.
Though not [...]