Sell all your stuff, get on a flight to Costa Rica and buy a horse farm in a magical valley with waterfalls. That’s how the dream starts with Linda Gray, an American woman from Massachusetts who becomes a tour operator and real estate developer after moving to Costa Rica. Happy Ponies in the Diamante Valley […]
Legislators approve moratorium for registration of shareholders
Legislators approved with 39 votes in first debate this Monday a bill that suspends penalties in the registration of beneficial shareholders for 2 months. The initiative, proposed by Pablo Heriberto Abarca, of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC) is intended to give more time for the public to learn of the obligation. According to Abarca, […]
President confirms gasoline give away for ethanol pilot project
President Carlos Alvarado said on Tuesday that a pilot project will seek volunteers to fill their gas tank for free, in order to test an ethanol gasoline mixture called Eco95. Last year the government proposed a plan to mix gas with ethanol, which would be more environmentally friendly and at a lower cost. Although the […]
Chinese company sells low cost smart phones in Costa Rica
One of the largest cell phone brands in China, Xiaomi, has arrived in Costa Rica. The low cost brand which has concentrated mostly on the Asian market has a store in the Multiplaza Escazú. On average they have sold 130 phones per day since opening in December. One of the best selling phones that Xiaomi […]
Search continues for small plane missing in Drake
Authorities are searching for a plane that disappeared last Saturday in Drake, on the Osa Peninsula of southwestern Costa Rica. The aircraft is a Cessna 182, piloted by Captain Jorge Ureña had has the tail letters TI AWR. The aircraft left Tobías Bolaños airport on Friday for Drake, landed and took off again on Saturday […]
Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture
Producers from different parts of the country are preparing to march in protest towards the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) in Sabana Sur. Eight tractors and several buses await the arrival of more farmers from areas such as Upala and Los Chiles. Farmers demand from the Government a solution to debt and insolvency, for […]