A small country like CostaRica cannot afford to be excludedfrom global commerce. It musthave a proactive trade policybased on seeking permanenttrade agreements with its...
IT will be a while before more cellphone lines become available in CostaRica.The Comptroller General’s Office lastweek failed to approve the sale of600,000 new...
THE Flamingo Marina will reopen.It’s just a matter of time.However, what happens between nowand then is in the hands of various governmentministries, the Municipality...
NEW (and old) transportation linksmake Flamingo and Potrero more accessiblethan ever before.By car: Driving time from San José tothe area is about five hours....
A small army of correspondents – andthis being military-free Costa Rica, “contingent”might be the preferable term –keeps you informed of the goings-on intheir areas...
MARK those calendars for Feb. 4-8,2005.That will be occasion for the “MardiGras in the Sun in Flamingo” celebration,and it promises to be a blowout.The...
HISTORICALLY, they’re CostaRica’s odd couple.One is traditionally a community ofspacious estates and condos; the other,more modest dwellings. One sports awhite-sand beach; the other, gray-sand.One...
LONG-TIME Potrero resident JuneHeesaker remembers the days of shoppingin the 1970s.“A bunch of us would pile into a pickuptruck and drive to Santa Cruz...
TAKE one nearby international airport.Add a wave of baby-boomersapproaching retirement age in a few years.Mix in the region’s fabled climate.The results are a real-estate...
