Electrified Fences Growing In Popularity – Costa Rica Security

When I was a kid, I went dove hunting with my dad and his friends, who also brought along their sons. As we were walking the fields,  we came upon a fence with a sign, WARNING ELECTRIC FENCE.
One of the older sons, pointed to me, “Yeah, kid, go touch that fence” with the warning sign, [...]

Costa Rica Shark Finning – Is It Being Monitored?

Around early 1980s a friend wanted to open up a fresh fish exporting business in Puntarenas. He found a packing house and cannery, got some investors and was ready to start exporting fresh Dorado and canned tuna. One of the things that were puzzling to him was Costa Rica fishermen were catching sharks in their [...]

Has Scott Brown’s Win Stimulated Costa Rica’s Economy?

In the last few years Costa Rica economy has really sucked with very few signs of recovery. That recovery worsen  by Americas uneasiness with the current Presidential democratic administration mucho-trillion dollars tax, health and stimulus bill that will be absorbed by U.S. taxpayers.
To put it bluntly, Costa Rica Tourism which was already suffering became in [...]

Costa Rica Toyota Recalls – Rental Cars and For Sale

Toyota has announced it will conduct another recall of 133,000 vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s anti-lock brake system (ABS). Toyota’s global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks including 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems;  the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world’s largest automaker. Toyota is [...]

Green Card Lottery Scam Increases In Costa Rica

Since the internet is becoming more available to Costa Ricans so have the S & S’s (scammers and spammers), as we wrote about how Costa Rica’s internet fraud has increase.
One of the things S & S’ers like is to target ones problems (like money) and claim they can help clear it up. In this case, [...]