Foreign direct investment in Costa Rica increased to a record $2.1 billion in 2011. Growth is projected at double the rate of the U.S. economy. So why is everyone still complaining?
“In 2012, we want to pull the country out of what the World Health Organization calls a ‘violence epidemic,’ Public Security Minister Mario Zamora said.
On Nov. 24, 2011, the day before Black Friday, the Costa Rican government caused an uproar by announcing that all Internet purchases made from Costa Rica and shipped here would have to pay import taxes.
