US capital company Edwards Lifesciences, heart valves producer, will invest $ 10 million to resume its operations in Costa Rica. The California-based company plans to hire 150 people in the country to begin the production of heart valves, but they expect that number to double by the end 2017. Their operations will start in La […]
Archives for July 2016
Costa Rica returns to SICA
The Government of Costa Rica announced its return to the Central American Integration System (SICA), after member countries committed to work on strengthening a “serious, robust and transparent” integration system. One of the conditions of the return was a report with staff salaries and income from all SICA units. Costa Rica stepped away from the […]
Funds and no roadwoks for Route 32
February 2016 marked one year since the Legislature approved the loan with the Bank of Exports and Imports of China (Eximbank) to extend route 32. But the roadworks have not started and the funds have not been allocated. This impasse could become a new obstacle for the government, since the loan agreement between the Treasury […]