Costa Rica News – Someone like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy a lot. Manuel Barrantes started his hobbity quest for an underground home 12 years ago. Like any good hobbit, the Costa Rican man doggedly pursued his dream and now lives in an underground mansion he’s dubbed Topolandia. Barrantes says the subterranean quarters offer…
Poker has been experiencing a bit of a boom over the last few years, no more so than in Costa Rica and Latin America as a whole. The industry is growing online and in land based casinos, and Latin America is now producing some very talented home-grown poker players. The future looks bright for the…
This could be the beginning of the end of the sportsbook industry in Costa Rica, or at least for one of them. Sportsbooks, or online sports betting businesses, are very popular in Costa Rica and are widely used by those in countries that don’t allow such gambling domestically. One of them, 5Dimes, has come under…
Costa Rica News – This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which Dan and Rico (qCostaRica) will talk about the happenings in and around the land of “Pura Vida”. With over 30 years of living in Costa Rica between the two it give a unique insight into life in…
Costa Rica News – Alejandro Sanz is going to delight fans with his amazing singing voice at 7pm on May 19th at the National Stadium. The tickets are on sale for American Express cardholders and on the 18th for Credomatic holders. The prices start at ¢12.500 and go to ¢100,000. The tickets can be bought at www.publitickets.com, through the call…
Costa Rica News – (Surf Report March 18th & 19th) – We are going to give you the surf forecast for Costa Rica and we have our beautiful pictures of girls in bikinis. There is going to be fun size waves rolling in on the Pacific side of Costa Rica and Caribbean side will be experiencing some small sets. We…
Costa Rica News – An Employment Outlook Survey was published by Manpower Tuesday. It showed that domestic Costa Rican employers plan to hire more staff between April and June of this year, especially in the communications and transportation fields. Transport and communications sectors have a 21% employment prospect and this is followed by construction, with 18%,…
Costa Rica News – An Employment Outlook Survey was published by Manpower Tuesday. It showed that domestic Costa Rican employers plan to hire more staff between April and June of this year, especially in the communications and transportation fields. Transport and communications sectors have a 21% employment prospect and this is followed by construction, with 18%,…
Costa Rica Business – I love pancakes…… anytime of day. Costa Rica is one of the Central American countries where Dine Equity, owners of Applebee’s and IHOP brand, has chosen to accelerate its international expansion. Daniel del Olmo, president of the corporation formerly known as IHOP Corporation, said they are looking at three regions: Middle…
Costa Rica News – Recope is ridiculous. Because they are unable to run a company efficiently they are passing on their costs to the Costa Rican public. For anyone that thought the gas prices were going to remain lower after the drop last week was smoking something. After the historic drop in gasoline prices last week,…