Costa Rica’s Digital Leap: What Businesses Need to Know About the New Mandatory Email Registration Law
Costa Rica is accelerating its march toward a fully digital state, and the country’s corporate landscape is about to feel the shift. Under Law 10.597, all legal entities, from traditional corporations to limited liability companies, must now register an official email...
7 Silent Health Risks in Cats
Cats are masters at hiding illness. Many serious diseases develop quietly, with subtle early signs. Watch for: * Bad breath or chewing changes (Dental disease) * Increased thirst in older cats (Kidney disease) * Weight loss with strong appetite (Hyperthyroidism) *...
🌴 Top 20 Things to Do — Playa del Coco & Playa Hermosa
If you’re asking what makes Playa del Coco and Playa Hermosa so popular, the simple answer is variety. Calm swimming beaches, world-class ocean adventures, wildlife encounters, waterfalls, and vibrant seaside nightlife all sit within 20–30 minutes of Liberia...
The Costa Rica Capsule Suitcase (2026 Edition)
Whenever I travel, I want to have the perfect outfit for each occasion—without packing my entire wardrobe. First, I pick my dreamy Costa Rica itinerary (because one trip can include a city, a beach, and a cloud forest). Then I decide where I am going to stay. Last,...
Tres Amigos Realty
Discover why Tres Amigos Realty remains the top seller to SATISFIED clients in Costa Rica. Research our agent's stories, why they love our region and their joy in working with people to find their Costa Rica "home". Click on the link for the entire article,...
Buying Property in Costa Rica: The Familiar Steps, the Different Rules, and the Checks That Matter
Buying real estate in Costa Rica can feel like Canada or the U.S. at first glance: you find a place, make an offer, put down a deposit, complete due diligence, and close. The difference is that many of the guardrails you may be used to—industry regulation, a single...
Costa Vesco: The Fugitive Financier Who Tried to Buy Paradise—and Warped a Presidency
Costa Rica has always attracted outsiders with big dreams: coffee barons, banana kings, surf nomads, eco-idealists, and retirees looking for a softer life under harder sunlight. But in the early 1970s, the country also drew a rarer breed—men with money they couldn’t...
The Abundance Lens: Unlearning Fear and Reclaiming Our Creative Power
A line often shared in modern spiritual circles and attributed to Mary Magdalene says we live in an “amazing world of endless abundance” and that we are powerful creators. Whether those exact words can be traced to early texts or not, the message hits a nerve: many...
Mini-Festivals You’ll Only Hear About Locally: Costa Rica’s Best Days That Aren’t on the Big Calendars
Suggested lead photo A late-afternoon street scene: a cimarrona brass band leading a mascarada (giant papier-mâché heads) past a town church, with spectators on kerbs and mountains in the distance. What counts as a “mini-festival” in Costa Rica? A mini-festival is a...
Costa Rica’s Exports in 2026: The Country You Tour, and the Country the World Buys From
What are Costa Rica’s biggest exports in 2024? Costa Rica’s export story in 2024 is led by medical and precision manufacturing first, and tropical agriculture second. Goods exports closed 2024 at about US$19.9 billion, with precision and medical equipment as the top...