| Most experts agree that Latin America is a burgeoning | | | | Costa Rica has a literary rate that rivals the United |
| market for investors, with an increasingly educated | | | | States, and since English is taught in its schools, you |
| populace, many acres of land for sale, a relatively safe | | | | can function easily when visiting Costa Rica or even |
| political climate, and very desirable exchange rates | | | | relocating to Costa Rica with just a few Spanish |
| with the US dollar. However, compared with the rest | | | | phrases. It's rate of adopting technologies like |
| of Latin America, Costa Rica is hands down the best | | | | broadband Internet and cellular phone service has |
| Latin American country there is, whether you're visiting | | | | been at the forefront of all of Latin America, with more |
| Costa Rica, relocating to Costa Rica, or investing in | | | | than one-quarter of the country enjoying high-speed |
| Costa Rica. | | | | connections and mobile phone service. |
| When it comes to investing in Costa Rica, no country | | | | In terms of safety in Costa Rica, no other Latin |
| in Latin America even comes close to being a better | | | | American country stands a chance. While other Latin |
| choice. With a real estate market that has grown | | | | American countries are plagued with inner-turmoil, drug |
| leaps and bounds, without faltering once, for the last | | | | wars, and international conflicts, Costa Rica is so |
| fifteen years, investing in Costa Rica is practically a | | | | peaceful that it disbanded its army in 1949 because it |
| no-brainer -- although opportunities are fast running out | | | | had no further use for it. That means the one thing |
| as more and more people learn about the amazing | | | | you'll never see in Costa Rica is armed military men |
| money-making opportunities investing in Costa Rica | | | | guarding buildings or walking around downtown. Violent |
| has to offer. | | | | crime is practically unheard of across Costa Rica, and |
| Unlike many other Latin American countries, the Costa | | | | your personal safety in Costa Rica when visiting |
| Rican government openly encourages foreigners | | | | Costa Rica or even living in Costa Rica is practically |
| investing in Costa Rica; in fact, it even promotes the | | | | guaranteed. No matter who you ask, Costa Rica will |
| investment opportunities the country has to offer. And | | | | always be considered the safest Latin American |
| while there is some petty theft in the more | | | | country. |
| densely-populated areas, there is never any threat of | | | | While each Latin American country presents its own |
| losing your real property to the government or to local | | | | opportunities for investment, investing in Costa Rica is |
| warlords, as there is in some other areas of Latin | | | | widely considered to be the safest bet with the |
| America. You can also purchase coastal property in | | | | highest rate of return. With a highly-educated |
| Costa Rica, unlike its neighboring countries, which only | | | | population, favorable laws for foreign investment, and a |
| permit leasing within 200 feet of the shore. Plus, with | | | | standard of living easily comparable to the United |
| such a stable and established government, you never | | | | States (but without the added stress and crime!), |
| have to worry that the situation for investing in Costa | | | | Costa Rica is clearly the best Latin American country |
| Rica will be different under the next regime. | | | | for foreign investors. |