Alico To Sell Insurance In Costa Rica – INS Competition

It seems that  CAFTA may be working …  for over 50 years, American Life Insurance Company  has been dedicated to working families in Canada and the US  won conditional approval this week to sell insurance in Costa Rica.
This company will operate under the name of Alico Costa Rica and the license is requested for the [...]

Costa Rica’s Government Gets Sue by Villalobo Brothers Investors

One of the things the Free-Trade Agreement opened up was lawsuits. Somehow, you knew the attorneys also had to take advantage of this Free Trade thing. Canadian investors have sued the government of Costa Rica.
If you are new to Costa Rica, starting back in the mid 1990s just about every Costa Rican knew of the [...]

Costa Rica and China – Caribbean Refinery, Investments, Bonds and Aid

Is China using its $1.8 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, the world’s largest such cache of foreign currency, to further its political and diplomatic  goals, despite promises that it would not do so?
Are they using these reserves to win the support of the people, by first building the $84 million, new National Soccer Stadium in [...]

Free Trade in Costa Rica – Is it working?

Back in Oct, 2007 Costa Rica (by a close vote (53/ 47) approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. The vote split the country, with supporters arguing it would bring economic development, and critics warning (mostly labor unions) that it would hurt the little guy, like farmers and small businesses.
This trade agreement [...]