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Visa Latin America is offering visitors to Costa Rica a chance to get a reimbursement on sales taxes paid in the country with purchases made with certain types of VISA cards.

Thirty multinational firms set up new offices in Costa Rica in 2008, bringing $428 million in investment, according to a report issued Monday by the Costa Rican Investment Board (CINDE).

In her victory speech on election night, President-elect Laura Chinchilla listed her administration's many goals for the next four years. On the list were improving public education, bettering health care coverage and continuing the country's push for

Costa Rica is noted in the 2008 Ethical Travler survey, which looks primarily at environmental protection, social welfare and human rights.