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Costa Rica seeks to stop speculative capital

Tuesday, March 25, 2014


Costa Rica's Congress approved a law that seeks to prevent the entry of foreign speculative capital.

Under the new law, foreign investors must pay a deposit of 25 percent of their planned investment in Costa Rica's securities.

However, opposers to the law claim the new measure will chase away foreign investment.




Full story (in Spanish)