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Philips company representatives met Monday afternoon with Costa Rica’s Minister of Science and Technology Alejandro Cruz to discuss the potential of Costa Rica in the field of life sciences. Philips representatives…

San Jose, Costa Rica- During the beginning of 2012, Costa Rica exported USD 836 million dollars. This represents a growth of 18.6% over the same month of 2011, when this figure…

Costa Rican domestic consumption contracted during the first quarter after being the engine of the economy for most of 2011. During the first three months the consumption rate was merely…

Brussels, Belgium –  The euro area has to “work harder” to stimulate growth, urged the head of the IMF, a day before an EU summit to discuss measures to lift the…

Johannesburg (AFP). Some sixty miners are locked underground in a platinum mine in Zvishavane in southern Zimbabwe, said the miners’ union. “A conveyor belt was broken and triggered a fire, leaving initially…

Paris, France  – When in San Jose, Costa Rica was 1 am, President of the Republic, Laura Chinchilla, was having  breakfast in Paris at  9 am and in the luxurious lounge…

Good news aspiring immigrants! Amendments made to the Costa Rican residency laws have significantly lowered the requirements to qualify for rentista status.The status is given to foreigners who have a…

Without receiving  help, Alicia Zuniga, 99, would probably be sitting in a chair, looking out the window of a nursing home, away from her family and community.  This poor, elderly…