Costa Rica Blogs - Newsfeeds

by Rod Hughes
Severe flooding in parts of the Caribbean zone and northern Costa Rica has left 1,300 homes, 2,000 kilometers of roads, more than 130 bridges and sources of potable water destroyed or damaged.
Although no one was reported killed, the government has declared a national emergency and Presidency Minister Rodrigo Arias said the damage […]

by Rod Hughes
Some years ago, the respected business magazine, The Economist, came up with a novel measure of monetary value and comparison, which they call the “Big Mac Index.” The magazine reasoned that, since everything about McDonald’s food is standardized worldwide. one should be able to measure one nation’s currency with another by using Big […]