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Costa Rica News Archives - March, 2010

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Five Costa Rican beaches lose blue flags
Tico Times
... to a government deeply committed to environmental issues. “Today, our country – Costa Rica – is greener than it was four years ago, and the world knows it.”

Costa Rica Field Study
KULR-TV
By Jared Bray BILLINGS – The Central American country of Costa Rica became a temporary classroom for a group of Rocky Mountain College students this month. …

Long Live Costa Rica
Tico Times
In Costa Rica, for example, according to a recently released study by the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC), the average life span in 2009 was …

Costa Rica, a tropical ecological paradise
Christian Science Monitor
Eco-tourism is popular in tropical Costa Rica, which is becoming known as a an ecological paradise. The forest is thick with plant life at La Selva …

Climate chief competition intensifies as Costa Rica joins race
Business Standard
The competition for the post of new UN climate chief is hotting up with Costa Rica joining the race to oppose Indian nominee Environment Secretary Vijai …

Mysterious stone spheres in Costa Rica
Spero News
The ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were made world-famous by the opening sequence of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," when a mockup of one of the mysterious …

Newest Boating Facility in Costa Rica Opens April 21
The Log Newspaper
QUEPOS, Costa Rica — “This is the moment we've been working toward,” said Harold Lovelady, founder of the new Marina Pez Vela in this popular fishing port, …

Costa Rica: a guide for beginners
Telegraph.co.uk
Chris Moss offers a guide to Costa Rica, ahead of this year's celebrations to mark the bicentenary of Latin America's fight for independence. …

Costa Rican president-elect to fight drug cartels
The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President-elect Laura Chinchilla says fighting drug trafficking will be one of her government's priorities. …

Costa Rica's indigenous stone spheres considered for prestigious list
Tico Times
By Alex Leff Costa Rica has presented a bid for its pre-Columbian stone spheres to be inducted into the exclusive World Heritage list by the United Nations …

Costa Rica Educational Adventure
The Torch
"I went to Costa Rica for an experience that I knew I wouldn't get from a travel agent," education major Heather Dillon said. She had been on Russin's 2008 …

Away from it all in Costa Rica
National Post
It was only when I arrived in Nosara, a beach village on the Pacific in Costa Rica, put on a pair of swim trunks, bought a Cerveza Imperial and stuck my …

Costa Rica seeks to include eight
Tico Times
By Mike McDonald The Costa Rican Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Ministry (MINAET) said that it will support a proposal to include eight …

Costa Rica Vacation
Superior Telegram
This is Costa Rica's low travel time due the rainy season - renamed by savvy marketers as the green season - starting the last week or so of April and …

President-elect looks to boost Costa Rica into space
Tico Times
Costa Rica's own Franklin Chang, a retired NASA physicist and astronaut, is developing new plasma engines for space travel from a plant in Liberia, …

Costa Rica: Palmas-Bolson and Canas-Charco rivers to be dredged to avoid …
Dredging Today
We have gotten Costa Rica up and walking again and we will not stop”, added Arias. Furthermore, the ministers also delivered supplies, valued at close to 25 …

Campaign looks to stem smuggling of wildlife
Tico Times
Approximately five percent of the world's species are found in Costa Rican habitats. According to MINAET, the illicit removal of these species has …

Great Getaway: No monkeying around in Costa Rica
CultureMap
By Barbara Kuntz The idea for a Costa Rica vacation began last fall with a winning silent auction bid at a fundraiser for the American Festival of the Arts. …

Being There: Costa Rica -- Basking in Arenal's glow as day breaks
Orlando Sentinel
Still in our pajamas, we drove over pothole-strewn dirt roads to the active side of Costa Rica's Volcan Arenal, hoping for just a glimpse of the light show …

CAFTA Five Years: Seal of Approval for FDI
Latin Business Chronicle
Even Costa Rica, the region's most developed economy, saw its GDP slip by 4 percent in 2009, after growing by 2.9 percent in 2008. …

90 tickets issued Monday morning under Costa Rica's new transit law
Tico Times
“The idea is to adjust the sanctions so that they reflect Costa Rican society.” The original law was supposed to take effect in September of 2009, …

Costa Rica looks to take itself off tax haven list
Tico Times
It's been nearly a year since Costa Rica was identified as a so-called tax haven due to outdated legislation that makes exchange of information on suspected …

Costa Rica: The Next Florida?
Tico Times
By Chrissie Long For Lou Aguilera, Costa Rica has all the makings of a retirement destination: a comfortable climate, top-notch health services, …

Medical Tourism Conference in Costa Rica
PR Web (press release)
Costa Rican Medical Care will be showcasing their services at this conference. The purpose of this conference is for insurance company executives, …

Ancient Gold Artwork
Wall Street Journal
Opened in 1982, the Gold Museum is the most notable of the Museums of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, an underground complex that also includes a Numismatic …

Hundreds of video cameras to monitor Costa Rican streets
Tico Times
According to the Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE), which is partnering with the ministry on the $9 million project, the system is modelled after …



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