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Category: Economy

Community, Region, Santa Cruz, Lifestyle, Economy

Teodoro Rodríguez, the displaced heir of Tamarindo Beach

Jul 05, 2024
Teodoro Rodriguez's father owned much of Tamarindo until he decided to sell and today...
Nature, COVID-19, Economy

COVID-19: Budget cuts stifle Costa Rica’s protected areas

Aug 31, 2021
Gelberth Obando and Manuel Alvarado dig four holes in the back lot of the Camaronal...
Region, Liberia, Economy

Coca-Cola has created 130 jobs at their Liberia plant and now exports to Peru

Jul 23, 2021
Just over a year ago, Coca-Cola opened its concentrate plant in Liberia, Guanacaste. This...
Region, Liberia, Economy

Sykes begins virtual hiring process at its central office in Liberia

Mar 10, 2021
The multinational company Sykes has already posted job openings for 500 Guanacastecans at its central...
Region, Liberia, Economy

Sykes wants to hire 500 people in Guanacaste this year. The challenge is finding them!

Feb 16, 2021
Sykes set up operations in Guanacaste at the end of 2020 and became the first...
Community, Human Rights, Economy

Puntarenas Municipality and administration didn’t use budgets for 15 bridges in the last 7 years

Dec 09, 2020
GuanaData, a project of The Voice of Guanacaste, investigates the public budgets of six municipalities...
Region, COVID-19, Special Stories, Health, Economy

How a province known for tourism responded to COVID’s economic blow

Nov 17, 2020
“It was like jumping into the water without knowing how to swim.” That’s how...
COVID-19, Economy

Unemployment and COVID-19: Tourism’s open wound along the Guanacaste coast

Oct 29, 2020
On March 21, 2020, like so many other days, Israel Carrera went to work in...
Community, Liberia, Economy

What did Guanacaste do right for Sykes to expand operations to Liberia?

Sep 21, 2020
For the first time, the multinational company Sykes will open operations outside of the Greater...
COVID-19, Economy

Everything you need to know to reopen your hotel during the COVID-19 crisis?

May 25, 2020
Since May 16, the Ministry of Health authorized the reopening of lodgings, including Saturdays and...
COVID-19, Economy

Mass layoffs?: This is how the big hotels of Guanacaste respond to the “zero season” caused by Covid-19

Apr 02, 2020
Hoteliers in Guanacaste have appropriated the term “zero season” to describe the current...
Nosara, COVID-19, Economy

COVID-19 impacts the hotel industry in Nosara with the advance of off season

Mar 23, 2020
The closure of borders in Costa Rica for foreigners that began in March 19, brought...
Community, Economy

Liberia Representatives Seek Approval of Bill that Could Increase City Revenues by Taxing Papagayo

Oct 16, 2018
Study by the Broad Front Party claims that the towns of Carrillo and Liberia missed ...
Nosara, General, Economy

Maintaining and Expanding Nosara’s Market Niche

Mar 10, 2014
The Playas de Nosara visitor experience is unlike any other. Nosara’s high value form...
Nosara, General, Economy

The Tipping Point

Sep 21, 2013
The 10% service charge on your bistro bill is not nearly enough to fund a...
Nosara, General, Economy

Everything Needs to Change

Sep 17, 2013
  Italy’s most famous novel, The Leopard, is about the struggle between mortality and decay...
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