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Technology
With a high level of education and rapidly developing telecommunications, Costa Rica is considered a suitable spot for foreign multinational high technology investment by many major companies. Intel Corporation, Laser Sight Technology, Siemens, Procter & Gamble and others all have operations in Costa Rica. Political System Costa Rica enjoys one of the oldest and most stable democracies in Latin America. This has contributed to the abolition of its army in 1948 and the awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize to ex-President Oscar Arias for his persistent struggle to set in place the Central American Peace Plan during the turbulent ‘80s. The Costa Rican political system is a representative structure with three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The President is elected by popular vote every 4 years. |
Airports The country possesses three major airports. The Juan Santamaría International Airport is located in Alajuela, 10 minutes from the capital of San Jose, and the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste, 45 minutes from Hacienda Pinilla. In Pavas, just outside San José, is the Tobias Bolaños Airport, which handles domestic flights. In addition, there are numerous landing strips throughout Costa Rica serving the various tourist destinations with a variety of domestic airline flights. Ports Visitors who want to enter the country by sea can do so at the ports of Limon and Moin on the Caribbean coast, Puerto Caldera and Puntarenas on the Pacific and Central Pacific shores, or Golfito and Quepos on the Southern Pacific side. |
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