There have been several articles on Costa Rican women taking advantage of the Domestic Violence laws lately. Below is another article from AM Costa Rica. I have met some of these men myself and it is very sad when they fall head over heals for someone only to be kicked out of their own house [...]
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Filed under: Domestic matters, Living in Costa Rica, The Dark Side
If you are planning to have a maid in Costa Rica or employees of any sort, you need to know the following applies to you.
LEGAL OBLIGATIONS BY THE EMPLOYER IF THE RELATIONSHIP IS CONSIDERED A LABOR RELATIONSHIP
Although all measures possible to try to characterize the relationship as out of the reach of local labor law [...]
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Filed under: Business in Costa Rica, Domestic matters
We had to call in a plumber this week as one of the hot water heaters went on the fritz. We felt certain we were going to have to buy a new tank or be told we needed to buy a new tank from whomever we brought into the house to look at it.
We got [...]
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Two and three-prong plugs and 110V current are used here, both as seen in the U.S. European adapters and converters are hard to find; bring your own with you.
Power surges are common, especially during electrical storms (most days during the rainy season). Hook valuable appliances like computers and televisions to a surge protector or unplug [...]
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The telephone company has been told to charge by the minute for information calls to 113. The service is expected to be cheaper for users, according to the regulating agency.
The service has been free because the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad failed to produce a telephone book for 2005. But the company, known as ICE, is [...]
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Cable modem service is available only in and around the Central Valley. It has not yet spread to the outer regions. The two main companies are CableTica, and Amnet.
Cable service requires the purchase of a cable modem. Prices range from around $60.00 to $100.00, and can be paid over time on the monthly bills.
In mid [...]
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Costs are generally reasonable. Costa Rica has the cheapest electricity rate in Central America (mostly generated by local hydro- and geothermal plants) and by far the biggest connection to the power grid in all of Central America. The voltage used is 110V AC at 60Hz, the same as in the US.
Bills can be paid in [...]
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Many XPats swear by private mail services. I use one myself and have since I’ve been here and love it. I have 2 mailboxes in Miami one PO Box and one Street address. Anytime I want to order a book from Amazon or a CD from Walmart I can have it shipped to the street [...]
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If you have children, you will have birthday parties. This particular weekend we had 2 parties in one day at the same time. Time to clone the kids so you can make it to both without offending anyone. The thing about the parties here are that EVERYONE comes….the parents, the siblings and sometimes even the [...]
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I entered Costa Rica as an Expatriate along with my husband John, 3 children, 3 dogs, 3 cats and 2 birds. Upon arriving in Costa Rica, we were given the name of a realtor and basically left up to our own survival skills to handle everything else on our own in a country referred to [...]
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