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Tech company Ingram Micro to hire 120 employees in Costa Rica

Recruiters are looking for professional staff for their finance, purchase, sales, and information systems departments as well as technical personnel for their customer service and services center departments.

Bosch opens business outsourcing company in Costa Rica

German outsourcing services supplier Bosch Service Solutions on Wednesday opened its first business service center in Costa Rica.

Roche expands Costa Rica operation with new service center

The pharmaceutical company hopes the expansion will allow it to increase exports by 50 percent over the next five years.

OECD lays down Costa Rica’s ‘roadmap’ to membership

Costa Rica hopes to soon count itself among the only Latin American countries, along with Mexico and Chile, out of the 34 OECD member states.

U.S. consulting firm GEP to open Costa Rica operation

U.S.-based consulting, outsourcing and software services company GEP will open a services center in Costa Rica in the second half of 2015.

US businesses love Costa Rican workers, there’s just not enough of them

Costa Rica’s human talent and advanced manufacturing won accolades while analysts argued that the country needs to invest in infrastructure and right its finances.

US food giant Mondelēz to open shared-services center in Costa Rica

The company this week began recruiting staff for its Costa Rica facility, to be located west of the capital, San José. Operations are scheduled to begin in October, the company announced.

UN: Foreign investment in Latin America falls 16 percent in 2014

SANTIAGO, Chile – Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean fell 16 percent in 2014, reversing a decade-long growth trend as the region's economies slowed, a U.N. panel said Wednesday.

South Korean textile company opens new plant in Costa Rica

The new Costa Rica plant employs 270 workers and produces cotton yarn for export, mainly to other countries in North and South America.

What would joining the OECD mean for Costa Rica?

Can Costa Rica present itself as an advanced, or at least, soon-to-be developed economy, while also keeping one hand out for foreign aid? Some analysts say yes.
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Costa Rican Sandra Cauffman Ends 37-Year NASA Career

Sandra Cauffman, a trailblazing Costa Rican engineer, retired from NASA on August 8, 2025, leaving a legacy that spans decades of space exploration and...

Costa Rica Vacation Marks New Chapter for Megan Fox and MGK

Actress Megan Fox and musician Machine Gun Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker, recently headed to Costa Rica for a family vacation with...

Costa Rica Faces Collapse of Its Waste Management System

Costa Rica is facing a solid waste crisis. The country generates more than 4,000 tons of solid waste each day, an estimated 80% of...

Legal Battle Erupts Over Hutchison’s Panama Canal Port Concession

Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, said that he wants to negotiate a new concession contract with the Hong Kong–based Hutchison Holdings subsidiary to continue...