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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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El Salvador Boosts Bitcoin Reserves with 21 BTC on Bitcoin Day

President Nayib Bukele announced that El Salvador purchased 21 Bitcoin to mark the fourth anniversary of the country adopting the cryptocurrency as legal tender....

Amanda Anisimova’s Journey From Costa Rica’s Copa del Café to US Open Final

Amanda Anisimova first made her mark in Costa Rica back in 2016. At just 14 years old, she claimed the title at the Copa...

US Deportation Flights to Central America Surge Under Trump

The United States has significantly increased deportation flights to Mexico and Central America this year, reaching record levels as the Trump administration accelerates immigration...

Tensions Rise as Trump Weighs Cutting Anti-Drug Aid to Colombia

If the United States withdraws certification from Colombia as an ally in the fight against drugs, “the drug traffickers win and the nations lose,”...