Costa Rica took the third position in the ranking of “Best Healthcare in the World” in this year’s Annual Global Retirement Index of International Living, criteria include costs for procedures, availability and cost of public and private insurance, and quality. With 96 points, this is the review for Costa Rica: "Costa Rica has some of the best healthcare in Latin America. There are two syste...

The US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica announced the upcoming Consular event – routine services for U.S. citizens in Golfito. The embassy's Consular staff will be on hand to provide several services in Golfito on January 30th and to answer questions. Those who wish to RSVP for passport renewals, notary services, and federal benefits inquiries, must indicate their preference by writing to ACS...

Representatives of the Costa Rican Surf Federation, Randall Chaves and José Ureña, the Minister of Presidency, Victor Morales, the Minister of Sports, Hernán Solano and deputy Melvin Núñez, met today to discuss the interest of the government in organizing the International Surf Association (ISA) World Surfing Championship 2020. The Government is looking into the options for budget to organize t...

Costa Rica went down one place since 2019 in International Living's Annual Global Retirement Index 2020, which is designed to be a useful tool for potential expats trying to find the place that’s right for them. "The Index is constructed of statistics but also of real-world, practical, on-the-ground intelligence, experience, and opinion provided by International Living’s editors and correspondents...

The United States continues to offer its support to Costa Rica in its fight against drug trafficking and transnational crimes. For the first time in history, Costa Rica purchased a Maritime Patrol Aircraft using Air Surveillance Service funds. This aircraft, thanks to the U.S. government, is also equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The King Air 250 is joining the fight against drug tr...

SKYWAY Costa Rica celebrates its second season of service by adding new destinations and a new plane. Skyway took delivery on a new plane December 1. This plane is a LET 410 aircraft, SKYWAY is the only domestic airline in Costa Rica flying two-engine aircraft. New destinations being served this year include: Tambor, Palmar Sur, Manuel Antonio, Bocas del Toro, Panama. These new routes join exis...

Costa Rica, known and loved for its pristine beaches and lush rainforests as well as its "Pura Vida" lifestyle, has become the third most popular destination for tourists from North America who are seeking top-of-the-line medical and dental services at prices that can be 30 to 50 percent more affordable. Costa Rica welcomes fans and followers of adventure tourism and sustainability and, at the ...

JH Biotech, a subsidiary of Jianghuai Horticulture seed Co. of Anhui, China, opened its new facilities in Guanacaste, where it will carry out research and development, quality control, marketing, and sales, as well as export and import products logistics. Costa Rica will be the company’s hub to commercialize seeds from China to other markets on the continent. The company established in Nanda...

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) announced its 2019 performance results. CINDE's work directly contributes to the country's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set by the United Nations. CINDE particularly contributes to 4 SDGs - Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equity, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and Quality Education - and as such reports its Foreign D...

Hospitality investment and development firm Gencom announced the acquisition of Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection, a high-end resort in the mountains of Pérez Zeledón in the southern region of Costa Rica. The resort was originally conceived and developed as a family retreat and coffee farm in a storied agricultural town and has consistently ranked among the top resorts in Central Ame...

Visional Technology LLC, an American company dedicated to supply dimensional metrology and inspection of manufactured components, has chosen Costa Rica as its first expansion outside Puerto Rico. This new operation will assist its clients in that country as well as the United States, Dominican Republic and Central America. Founded in 2001, Visional Technology LLC provides measurement technology...

The United States Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica issued an alert for US citizens residing in Costa Rica: "American Citizen Services has received reports from U.S. citizens living in Costa Rica reporting telephone calls from individuals purporting to work for the U.S Embassy in San Jose. The callers state the Embassy is updating profiles of U.S. citizens for the Costa Rica Ministry of Hacienda...

The Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID), recognized by Business Insider as one of the top leading design and innovation schools globally, has chosen Costa Rica for its first permanent expansion outside Europe. CIID will offer courses and programs, such as its renowned Interaction Design Program (IDP), which will be launched in February 2020. Its presence strengthens Costa Rica’s s...

Cheetah Digital, a cross-channel customer engagement solution provider, has expanded its operations in Costa Rica to meet growing demand for its solutions and help support clients’ global growth strategies. Cheetah Digital is the largest independent marketing technology company in the world, with more than 1,300 employees in 26 offices across 13 countries. In Costa Rica, Cheetah Digital has inv...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) informed that Costa Rica received the approval of the seventeenth committee required to finalize the process of joining this organization: the Investment Committee. With this, there are just five pending approvals, necessary to reach the ambitious goal by May 2020. The approval was achieved after completing an exhaustive evaluation o...

Modus Create, a multinational company within the digital technologies’ industry, has officially established in Costa Rica and plans to triplicate its current workforce by 2020. The digital transformation company combines Consulting, Design, and Software Engineering to streamline projects and products of global clients, helping them face the new digital economy. The company currently seeks ...

As part of a campaign to protect the Cocos Island UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society partnered with Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment to collect and transport 34 tons of marine pollution, illegal shark finning long lines, and other confiscated fishing gear, which had been accumulating on the remote volcanic island of Cocos for over 25 years. For a one-time project,...

The U.S. Embassy San Jose announced it recently joined the worldwide initiative AirNow that provides real time data on air quality via the website airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.global_summary. The U.S. Embassy installed an air quality device that measures air quality in order to protect the health of the population and contribute to air monitoring efforts by scientists and the Costa Rican ...

TradeStation, a multinational company in the services sector, announced that it has 20 open positions for systems and computer engineers. The company will be receiving job applicants in its facilities, located in Ultrapark 1, building 7B, in Heredia, on October 24, 25 and 26. Thursday and Friday from 2 pm to 7 pm, and Saturday from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Prospects will go through an interview proces...

SKYWAY Costa Rica annouced its new flights to Bocas del Toro, Panama. "A short 45-minute flight from San Jose Costa Rica, Panama’s popular destination offers white sand beaches, clear water and a fun party atmosphere. It is a great add-on to a vacation to Costa Rica or a stand-alone getaway", states the press release. Flights are available Thursday through Monday each week. Located on the north...

Refinitiv, a leading global provider of financial data and infrastructure which delivers data, insight and analytics to the financial community, opened its offices on Monday. The company plans to expand its operations in the short term, with 50 additional positions. The company has two departments in the country, including Operations and Finance & Accounting. Currently, Refinitiv is hiring pers...

Do you feel that your organization needs to be more innovative? Are you facing challenges that are not easily addressed through conventional problem-solving approaches? Are you finding that planning for the future, both personally and professionally, is more complex than before? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to consider approaching your professional and personal...

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, a world leader in innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring aimed at patients, expanded its presence in Costa Rica with a $100 million investment and the addition of 500 new jobs by the end of 2020. The brand new facility is located in La Lima Industrial Park in Cartago and has an extension of 274,000 square feet. This new buildi...

Seven years ago, VMware started operations in Costa Rica with just five employees. Today, it has more than 665 direct jobs and plans to open 130 positions in the near future. The company made the announcement this Thursday in an event that gathered the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Dyalá Jiménez; the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunicat...

The US Embassy in San Jose has announced the upcoming Consular event – routine services for U.S. citizens in Tamarindo and Tilaran, Guanacaste. The Consular staff will be on hand to provide several services in Tamarindo and will be available to answer questions. To RSVP for passport renewals, notary services, and federal benefits inquiries, please indicate your preference by writing to ACSSa...

During the United Nations Secretary General's Climate Summit, President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, called for the formation of a High Ambition Coalition of nations to push for a Deal for Nature that will protect 30% of the planet by 2030. The goal will be to finalize the deal at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China in 202...

Costa Rica has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honor, for its role in the protection of nature and its commitment to ambitious policies to combat climate change. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recognized Costa Rica in the policy leadership category. Costa Rica has drafted a detailed plan to decarbonize its economy by 2050, in line...

President Carlos Alvarado has officially signed the work-from-home bill into law, which allows telecommuting as an alternative work arrangement for employees in the public and private sector. The new law sets the standards for the work from home policy, strengthening Costa Rica’s competitiveness to develop business and Foreign Direct Investment. The Congress passed the 21.141 bill on August ...

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in its mission to defend, conserve and protect the seas and marine wildlife, announced that it is launching Operation Treasured Islands late this fall. The campaign focuses on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, a two million square kilometer area extending along the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to P...

MicroPort , a multinational orthopedics company, will establish a new services center in Costa Rica in addition to its current R&D operation for orthopedic medical devices. The company started operations with 30 people this year and will grow to approximately 70 employees by the end of 2020. MicroPort is located at Oficentro Torre La Sabana part of Improsa SAFI real estate fund. Currentl...

Medtronic, the largest employer of precision mechanics in Costa Rica inaugurated this week its new manufacturing facility in Coyol, Alajuela. Medtronic has had a commercial presence in Costa Rica since 2015. The company established its manufacturing facility in 2017 with over 100 employees and has subsequently grown to more than 500 professionals in 2019. The facility manufactures components gl...

Kimberly-Clark will invest $42 million in its production and supply center as well as in its Global Shared Services Center in Costa Rica. With the new investment, the company will buy high-tech equipment to manufacture more baby, kids and feminine care products, as well as expand the production plant and the Global Shared Services Center, promoting more employment in the country. “This is...

Visiting Costa Rica is an opportunity to connect with the essence of life: nature, wellness, culture and adventure. This is the message that the Costa Rican Tourism Board used to launch its new “Only the Essentials” promotional campaign in the country’s two largest tourist-sending markets, the United States of America and Canada. “The campaign seeks to form a personal connection to what really ...

The US Embassy in San José, Costa Rica announced its upcoming consular events – routine services for U.S. citizens in Dominical and Pérez Zeledón. To RSVP for passport renewals, notary services, and federal benefits inquiries, interested parties must write to [email protected]. Any applicable fees must be paid in cash in Colones. No checks, credit cards, or U.S. dollars can be accepted...

ColorTexturePhotoTours, provider of exceptional photography tours in the United States and Costa Rica, has released its 2020 Costa Rica photo tour schedule. “We are excited about the 2020 Costa Rica photo tour season and have created new itineraries so clients have more options. We also reduced the size of each tour to only four clients so each client gets even more help creating better images,...

Boston Scientific Corporation, specialized on the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of minimally invasive medical devices of the highest technology, celebrated its 15th anniversary in Costa Rica reaching a workforce of 4,500 employees and collaborators. This makes Boston Scientific the largest medical device manufacturer in Costa Rica. The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, visi...

The multinational company specialized in high-tech services, SYKES, today announced that it will hire 1,000 people with an advanced English level for its operations in finances services and technology. The hiring process will be developed from August to December. The company will create too 1,950 spaces for the SYKES English Academy to train people with 70-90% English level. This is part of the...

The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) confirmed that during the first six months of this year, international arrivals by air grew to 1,335,687, which represents an increase of 4.5% over the same period in 2018, with 57,565 additional arrivals. If all ports of entry to the country are considered (air, sea, land and river), international arrivals grew to 1,725,963 in the first six months of the yea...

The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) has implemented a series of twenty actions to strengthen tourist safety in the country. The measures adopted included inter-institutional partnerships with the Public Safety Ministry, the Costa Rican Red Cross and the University of Costa Rica (UCR), since ICT understands that risk management is a task that it is facing alongside other social, academic and pol...

Guanacaste and San José were included in the list of the best Latin American cities to hold events in the meeting and congress tourism market, according to the global network of suppliers in this sector, called Cvent. The ranking measures locations with the best standing and characteristics for the MICE sector (Meetings, Incentives, Congresses and Events). In the Cvent rankings, published this ...