Costa Rica News Archives - February, 2012
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Costa Rican lawmakers pass sweeping anti-tobacco reformTico TimesCourtesy of Maisie Crow Costa Rican lawmakers approved major reforms to the country's weak anti-smoking laws. The bill, which now awaits President Laura Chinchilla's signature, includes banning smoking at bus and taxi terminals, work places, …
Costa Rica named among top-5 'greenest' countries
Tico Times
Costa Rica was selected as one of the top 5 countries in the world for its fight against climate change. Costa Rica ranks as the fifth greenest country in the world, according to the study “Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2012,” conducted by the …
The Joy of Learning Local Names for Costa Rican Wildlife
The Costa Rica News
An exciting challenge awaiting all Costa Rican visitors and transplants is learning the names of the flora and fauna of their adopted country. The difference between kinkajous and olingos, antbirds and antthrushes, lowland and highland life zones …
Costa Rica allows a writer to realize a dream, see new bird species
Leader-Telegram
Top right: Tent-making bats roost inside a home they created by shaping palm fronds in rain forest lowland in Costa Rica. Above: Every day starts with gallo pinto - beans and rice - and plenty of fresh fruit. Above: Naturalist Nito Castro demonstrates …
President, business leaders trade ideas on competitiveness
Tico Times
Costa Rican president, Laura Chinchilla, accepts a 10-point plan to improve the country's competiveness from UCCAEP president Manuel H. Rodríguez at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San José Thursday February 23, 2012. The president attendended UCCAEP's …
Roman Urbina and Monica McIntyre Launch La Ruta Adventures
Inside Costa Rica
20 years ago on the Rich Coast, perhaps better known as Costa Rica, Roman Urbina had a dream that would be the foundation for a Costa Rica adventure vacations venture. His vision was to lead a small group of mountain bikers across his beloved country …
A new era along the San Juan
Tico Times
Chinchilla and her administration drew criticism from both Costa Rican and Nicaraguan environmentalists for declaring construction of the road a national emergency last year, which allowed it to be built without environmental impact studies.
Decree reduces bureaucracy for Costa Rican business owners
Tico Times
Courtesy of Casa Presidencial Starting up a new company in Costa Rica will soon take days instead of months thanks to a decree signed by President Laura Chinchilla Wednesday morning. The new measures revampan existing law that protects citizens from …
How Costa Rica Is Saving The Environment
Inside Costa Rica
It's Costa Rica. Amid news of global environmental degradation, the country has shone a spotlight on how certain economic policies and favorable governance can turn a country (at least, a small country in Central America) into a relatively sustainable, ...
ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: For junior zookeepers, Costa Rica trip provides glimpse of …
Chicago Tribune
Once every two years, zoo education specialist Shannon Reedy leads about a dozen high-school-aged members of the wildly popular junior zookeeper program to the rainforest of Costa Rica. The latest group visited the Central American nation during winter ...
Destination Attractions: Things to do in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News
Costa Rica is a nature lover's paradise, a country that should be experienced by all with a love of the outdoors. Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America. Imagine West Virginia with about 6% of the global biodiversity in the world …
New Maps Provide Security for Property in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News
A brand new initiative designed to identify properties using a 'cadastral map' has been implemented by the Registro Nacional (National Register) in Costa Rica. A new real estate certificate will include a two dimensional aerial view of the land or …
Costa Rica's San José Airport Rated 3rd Best
Inside Costa Rica
Relations between Costa Rica's Civil Aviation and Juan Santamaria International Airport's concessionaires and managers has not always been the fondest, but it appears that all the sturm und drang has been worth it. The Gineva, Switzerland-based Airport ...
December surge helps Costa Rica break tourism records
Tico Times
Last December 16000 more tourists visited Costa Rica than in December 2010. Costa Rica closed out a record-breaking year for tourism with a strong December. Hotel occupation in the country rose 6.1 percent compared to December 2010, with hotels having …
Luxury and Sustainability Celebrate 5th Anniversary in Costa Rica's Tulemar Resort
Albany Times Union
The conventional wisdom that sustainability and luxury can't happily co-exist has been turned upside down during the past 5 years at Casa Las Nubes, a luxury vacation rental home in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica and recent recipient of the International …
Explore a world of exotic natural beauty on a Costa Rica vacation
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
But those who want to pack a little more into their getaway might just find that a Costa Rica vacation is the perfect solution. A Costa Rica vacation puts some of the world's most lush tropical forest at your feet, without the hassles of jet lag and …
Canada, Costa Rica Improve FTA
Inside Costa Rica
Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a second round of talks on the improvement of their existing free trade agreement (FTA). The successful conclusion of this stage in negotiations was announced by Canada's Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and ...
Tica volleyball teams to play for spot in the London Olympics
Tico Times
Costa Rican teams won the Female Beach Volleyball Norceca Cup, held last weekend on Malpaís, on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula in northwest Costa Rica. Both teams defeated El Salvador pairs. The Ticas A team of Marianela Alfaro and Ivette …
Hammondsport native creating unique travel opportunity in Costa Rica
Hornell Evening Tribune
Students from Arizona take a tour of Costa Rica's rain forest with one of Project Green Jungle's partners. By Chris Potter The word is synonymous with rest and relaxation, with sunny days spent on beaches or beside a pool. Vacations are the time of …
British MPs eye Tico environmental program
Tico Times
A delegate from the British House of Commons visits Costa Rica to learn about this country's environmental services payment program. British MP Dan Rogerson is part of a delegation studying Costa Rica's Environmental Services Payment program.
Costa Rica's Best Beaches
NuWire Investor
Locals, tourists and expat residents agree that there are a lot of things to love about Costa Rica, but for many nothing else compares to the Central American country's beautiful beaches. The country has a great deal of coastline considering its size, …
Costa Rica's Movers and Shakers: Five Families, Individuals and Entities to Watch
Inside Costa Rica
When Christopher Columbus arrived here during one of his last voyages centuries ago, it is believed that he bestowed our land the name of Costa Rica because he thought he had found a place where riches would spring forth magically.
Costa Rica Domestic Help: Benefits and Risks for Retirees
The Costa Rica News
One of the many great things about retirement in Costa Rica is the quality and affordability of domestic help and other manual labor. Maids, cooks, gardeners, childcare workers or property caretakers are all a bargain compared to North American rates …
A double shot of espresso, please
Tico Times
Starbucks is coming to Costa Rica in May. Courtesy of Paul J. Richards, AFP Take our poll: Will you drink Starbucks in Costa Rica? How do you say “Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte” in Spanish? Coffee drinkers in Costa Rica who lean toward that type of …
Costa Rica: A haven for nature lovers
Montreal Gazette
This first little encounter was just a taste of the nature we would meet during a three-week vacation in Costa Rica. We arrived at Liberia Airport, and departed from San José. In between, we stayed at two bona fide ranches and visited two beach towns.
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