Freezes of '80s Mean More Groves in Costa Rica; Fewer in Fla.
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
By Kevin Bouffard Costa Rica averages about 100 inches of rain annually, about twice the amount Florida gets. But the ties between the tropical Central …

The wonders of Costa Rica
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Chris Welsch | Minneapolis Star Tribune April 27, 2008 ARENAL NATIONAL PARK, Costa Rica—A crown of streaming clouds flowed off the cone of Costa Rica's …

Dole to receive carbon credits in Costa Rica
The Packer - Lenexa,KS,USA
Inc., Westlake, Calif., and its Costa Rican operating division, Standard Fruit Co. de Costa Rica SA, are working with the Costa Rican government to offset …

Remote University Cultivating World's "Green" Leaders
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
But at EARTH University in eastern Costa Rica, the quest for green extends far beyond campus life—it's the main focus of study. "We"re forming leaders to go …

Costa Rica: Finding delight in nature's backyard
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek,MI,USA
Give Costa Rica a try — my wife, Nancy, and I did in February, and had a great week in the tropical rainforest minus the rain (it was the dry season). …

Moncton man aims to make a difference
Times and Transcript - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
"I was looking it up and they're almost comparable to New Brunswick in a sense," says 22-year-old Andrew Manderson of Moncton about Costa Rica. …

Travel enhances schools' lessons
Wauconda Courier - Algonquin,IL,USA
"For French, we go to the Strasbourg area in France; for Spanish, there's a variety of options, we do an exchange with Costa Rica," she said. …

Costa Rica on the grow; At the crossroads in tourism development
Standard Freeholder - Cornwall,Ontario,Canada
Tourism in Costa Rica is going through a few growing pains. The tourism industry is the largest contributor to GDP and brings millions of dollars of revenue …

Forest fires charring large swath of Costa Rica park
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Some 500 hectares of the Santa Rosa National Park in the northwestern province of Guanacaste have been scorched by a fire that began Wednesday, …

Spring breakers minister to Ticos in Costa Rica
Florida Baptist Witness - Jacksonville,FL,USA
By LORI R. MILLER Elementary school students in Cachi, Costa Rica hear the Gospel from high school and college students during a day of outreach. …

Laguna Beach Surf Club Travels to Costa Rica for Adventure with a …
Surfline.com Surf News - Huntington Beach,CA,USA
Soul Surfing School of Laguna Beach recently returned from a week long surf trip over Spring Break to Costa Rica with Thurston and Laguna Beach High School …

Long-Lived Costa Ricans Offer Secrets to Reaching 100
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
The centenarian, who lives on Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula, has a solid support network of friends and family, which includes a son in his eighties who …

Cleveland, Costa Rica Strike Import Deal
Forbes - NY,USA
AP 04.11.08, 2:13 PM ET The city and Costa Rica have struck a deal to use Cleveland's Lake Erie port as an entry point for coffee, tea, pineapples and other …

Personal Journey: Learning about life revered in Costa Rica
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Carol Gercke When we agreed to join friends for a 12-day tour of Costa Rica, we knew so little about the country that we had to locate it on a map. …

Costa Rica: Big beauty in a small package
Reading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA
By Chris Welsch A crown of streaming clouds flowed off the cone of Costa Rica’s Arenal volcano. A sound like thunder shook the air. …

Salvadoran prez visits Costa Rica
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Speaking at a press conference in San José, Arias said Costa Rica would help El Salvador develop sustainable tourism, while El Salvador will help the Costa …

Costa Rica sees unseasonable downpours
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
By Alex Leff Throughout much of central and Pacific Costa Rica, the weekend could be described in a word: wet. Today the National Meteorological Institute …

Costa Rica jams world's worth of spectacles into small space
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
By CHRIS WELSCH ARENAL NATIONAL PARK, Costa Rica -- A crown of streaming clouds flowed off the cone of Costa Rica's Arenal volcano. …

Starbucks changing the way Costa Rican farmers grow coffee
Seattle Times - United States
By MANUEL VALDES In 1993, a representative from a US company called Starbucks visited Rodrigo Vargas" coffee farms in the highlands of central Costa Rica. ...

Costa Rica telecom market seen opening soon
Reuters - USA
By Brian Harris and John McPhaul SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica, one of the few Latin America countries still with a state-run telephone sector …