Business in Costa Rica

Costa Rica News – The Legatum Prosperity Index 2016 ranked Costa Rica in the top five Latin America’s most prosperous countries.

Costa Rica News – The Passive Base Rate (Tasa Básica Pasiva in Spanish) rose from 4.55% to 4.60%, while the effective rate in dollars rose from 2.14% to 2.24%.

Costa Rica News – Flexible, waterproof and ingenuity circuits are some of the features of a one of a kind bra that the emerging startup of tica, Alicia Chong has created…

Costa Rica Business – Amazon.com announced plans to hire 1,500 full-time positions to support the increase of operations in Lagunilla and Calle Blancos. The roles include customer service associates and managers,…

Costa Rica Events – The NEXTG event was this week.

Costa Rica News – The unemployment rate in Costa Rica in the fourth quarter of 2015 stood at 9.6%, slightly lower than the 9.7% in the same period the previous year,…

Costa Rica Business – Want a banana or pineapple? It has a good chance of coming from Costa Rica.

Costa Rica News – The new deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Emilio Arias, said they are waiting for two more studies before deciding how and when to tender the unused radio spectrum that…