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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

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.

Costa Rica has become the ideal place where families can warm up, learn about their natural environment and be green without spending a lot of money this season.

In an end-of-the-year agreement, Costa Rican lawmakers approved a new free trade zone reform that offers tax incentives for businesses electing to set up operations in regions outside the Central Valley, among a host of other reforms.