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What Has Happened in Recent Weeks with the Free Trade Zone Companies in Costa Rica and Their Workers? A Summary to Understand the Situation

In recent weeks, the free trade zones have gone from being the “infallible engine” of formal employment in Costa Rica to a sector that sends clear signs of cooling, with layoffs in emblematic multinationals and less growth in production.For workers, the message is twofold: they continue in one of the best paid niches in the economy, but in a more volatile, more automated environment and with labor rules under discussion.A chain of bad newsThe fi…
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In recent weeks, the free trade zones have gone from being the “infallible engine” of formal employment in Costa Rica to a sector that sends clear signs of cooling, with layoffs in emblematic multinationals and less growth in production.For workers, the message is twofold: they continue in one of the best paid niches in the economy, but in a more volatile, more automated environment and with labor rules under discussion.A chain of bad newsThe fi…

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elfinancierocr.com broke the news in Costa Rica on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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