Dic 7, 2015
The twenty first ‘State of the Union’ report shows that even if the national production grows by 4.5% in the next 5 years, this would not solve the unemployment problem. The Central Bank predicts this year’s growth to be of 2.8%. The report indicates that before the crisis in 2,009 a 1% growth signified a market for 10.000 new jobs and with today’s market the same growth rate creates 8.000 new... leer más
Dic 7, 2015
6,705 disasters have hit the Central Valley over the last 30 years, with flooding, rain and thunders storms (3.829) and Mud slides (2.082) heading the statistics. leer más
Dic 7, 2015
The Cuban crisis deepens as the Minister for Foreign Affairs calls for a meeting including all the countries involved. The Ministry had warned of this on several occasions before. Up to 300 Cubans are reported to leave Ecuador a day travelling through Colombia, all of Central America into Mexico and head for the USA. The problem begins in Ecuador as the Ecuadorian Government has no visas restrictions for Cubans entering their country. Costa Rica refuses to hold them hostage as they look for freedom. This has really aggravated since the Police arrested Human Traffickers, the so called ‘coyotes’, as before everyone had turned a blind eye to this movement. As of Tuesday, Immigration Department had issued nearly 2,000 humanitarian... leer más
Dic 7, 2015
Undeveloped land for the Greater Metropolitan Area is quickly running out. leer más
Dic 7, 2015
Intel sharpens product development in Costa Rica which should bring 200 new specialized jobs. leer más
Dic 7, 2015
This year’s coffee crop looks like to have a slight increase in production as the last 3 years have suffered a drop due to a rust decease found in 2012. leer más
