BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff kicked off a second term Thursday, vowing to tackle corruption and revamp the economy as her government reels from a series of setbacks.
The trade minister said that while China’s increasingly affluent population makes it a large potential market for Costa Rican fruit, vegetable, meat and seafood exporters, entry into the market is complicated by a range of factors including distance, inexperience with the country and its business norms, and rigorous regulations.
While “TEFL” stands for “Teaching English as a Foreign Language,” it means different things to different people. For the U.S. Peace Corps, the four-year-old TEFL program is a massive collaboration with the Education Ministry, and this year, that program took great strides.
Christopher Bridges, better known as the hip-hop artist Ludacris, got engaged to long-time girlfriend Eudoxie Mbouguiengue during their flight down to Costa Rica this week.
Every year travel magazines and survey authorities across the world hurl accolades at Costa Rica’s beautiful beaches and seemingly happy people. This year was no different, but the predicted wave of praise was also accompanied with an unforeseen amount of criticism.
After at least two significant cocaine seizures from shipping containers in Europe that originated in Costa Rica during 2014, the government has yet to bring online two X-ray scanners donated six years ago at its Limón port.
