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