Costa Rica Travel Resources
You’re in for a big treat, if you’ve got plans to visit Costa Rica. Costa Rica has a lot to offer and is thought of as one of the most beautiful vacation destinations in the world. There are a couple of things you should know when planning a vacation to Costa Rica. Remember these suggestions [...]
Strategy for Buying Real Estate in Costa Rica When we’d settled on Costa Rica the destination we planned to retire to the first thing we did was set a strategy to find a piece of property that met our requirements in terms of size, location and budget. We were pretty savvy shoppers having bought and [...]
Medical Care in Costa Rica – World Accredited Facilities, Board Certified Doctors, 65% Cheaper Costs Every year, more than 25,000 people, mostly Americans, hop a jet or cruise ship and travel south for medical care in Costa Rica. Why are more and more folks taking vacations to that country that also include medical tourism? Because [...]
Costa Rica, the Rich Coast is known for its amazing beauty and rich green nature. This incredible state of the Latin America is chosen by the tourists for its lengthy areas of fresh beaches, sparkling water, blue and plain skies, bright green mountains, enjoyable atmosphere, evergreen forests which is residence for thousands of creatures and [...]
Transat Jacques Vabre 9000 mile boat race to Costa Rica begins The 9th Transat Jacques Vabre competition began yesterday as 20 competing boats (14 Monohulls and 6 Mulithulls) left Le Havre in Northern France and started on their 9000 mile journey across the Atlantic to Limon, Costa Rica. The boats left port yesterday with a [...]
Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica, Hacked Oscar awoke yesterday to a big flag of Nicaragua on the Presidential House Website after hackers hacked the ‘low cost’ software that was running the website. Currently the website is down until it can be assured that hackers can no longer access the website and change its content. [...]
World Bank Lends Costa Rica Money to repair bridges After the collapse of the hammock suspense bridge between Turribares and Orotina 2 weeks ago, Costa Rica has been approved a loan of $15m to reapir 10 of the most important bridges in Costa Rica. The World Bank left the door open offering up to $60m [...]
Costa Rica Officials Changing the Tax Free Zones Leading members of the PLN, PAC and FA (Costa Rican Political Parties) are delaying reforms on the new ‘Lower Tax Zones’. Currently ‘Lower Tax Zones’ are located all over Costa Rica but mainly in the Heredia and Santa Ana area. Companies benefit from fixed rate Corporation Tax [...]
NGO includes Costa Rica in the Tax Havens list The Tax Justice Network(TJN) announced today that Costa Rica and Panama are on the list of 60 countries, states, Islands that are considered Tax Havens. Some other areas on the list are: The State of Delaware (USA), Belize and Gibraltar. On the TJN’s opacity rating score, [...]
