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Costa Rica News Archives - May, 2008

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Quake rumbles Panama, Costa Rica border
USA Today - USA
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A magnitude-5.2 earthquake rumbled through the banana-growing border region of Panama and Costa Rica on Monday, damaging at least three …

Endangered turtles spawning like wild in Costa Rica
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Record numbers of newborn leatherback turtles in recent months have been crawling across Junquillal beach on Costa Rica's Pacific coast thanks to a …

Costa Rica National Junior Surf Team digs into Quiksilver ISA …
Global Surf News - USA
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 May, 2008 : - - The Costa Rica National Junior Surf Team is already in Hossegor-Capbreton-Seignosse, France for its …

Trinrico third in Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
Ramoutarsingh's team comprised Rocketsports' own Tony Gentilozzi, Troy Cowgill, Marti Donavon, John 'Big Bear' Smythe and Joachim Brandt of Costa Rica. …

Doctors tell Costa Rican leader to rest voice
The Associated Press -
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Doctors have ordered Costa Rican President Oscar Arias not to talk for a month due to a cyst on his vocal cords, his office said …

Fifth state college to "bridge the gulf" in Costa Rica
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
The Universidad Técnica Nacional (UTN), or National Technical University, will be Costa Rica's fifth public college, merging half a dozen existing schools …

Smartphone Centro coming to Costa Rica
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Canadian company Research in Motion has also agreed to sell its Blackberry through ICE in Costa Rica. Roughly 1500 of their models should hit the market in …

Costa Rican resort is perfect for a recess from life
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
Recreo is a new real estate development on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica in the Guanacaste province. When completed, Recreo will consist of 25 privately …

Britney gets sun and rest in Costa Rica beach
AFP -
... who invited her to spend a few days in Costa Rica" at his 163-hectare (402-acre) spread in the Pacific coast resort town of Samara, the daily said. …

Costa Rica congress approves telecoms opening
Reuters - USA
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 15 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's Congress has approved the opening of the Central American country's telecommunications sector to …

New Firestone Industrial Products Facility in Costa Rica
Tire Review - Akron,OH,USA
Firestone Industrial Products Company LLC (FSIP) will open a new air spring manufacturing plant in Turrialba, Costa Rica. The facility, to be located …

Costa Rica quickly
The South African - London,UK
By Ben Lummis Costa Rica sits at the southern end of the isthmus of land that completes the continental divide between North and South America. …

Costa Rica plants more trees to become carbon neutral
AFP -
SAN JOSE (AFP) — Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the …

Costa Rica's eco-tour allure makes it a natural destination
OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee,USA
Costa Rica encapsulates the standard for international eco-tourism, sustainability and biodiversity preservation. Government implemented protection measures …

Captive macaws now reproduce in the wild in Costa Rica
The Associated Press -
LA GARITA DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica (AP) — Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern …

A country where the people are as gentle as the landscape is vibrant
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
In Costa Rica, a coffee is un cafecito. With milk? Con lechita. That tendency seems representative of an affectionate and non-violent outlook on life. ...

Explore one of the world's last natural beauty spots
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
They really weren't joking when they said Costa Rica would be an experience holiday! You always know you're in for something different when you discover a …

Costa Rica's Tamarindo
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
By Alex Leff Playa Tamarindo, a tourist hotspot on Costa Rica's northwestern Guanacaste coast, has lifeguards again after a shortage of funds last August …

Chinese vice premier due in Costa Rica
AFP -
SAN JOSE (AFP) — Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu is scheduled to arrive in Costa Rica Tuesday for a three-day visit that includes a meeting with President …

New Anchoring Fees in Costa Rica and Panama National Parks
The Log Newspaper - Irvine,CA,USA
New daily fees are being collected for anchoring within the watery boundaries of the national marine parks of both Costa Rica and Panama. …

Costa Rica to stimulate local food production
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Acknowledging that Costa Rica's dependence on imports is partly to blame for rising prices here, Agricultural Minister Javier Flores said the government …

Costa Rica urban electric train plan derailed
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
By Leland Baxter-Neal When Public Works and Transport Minister Karla González promised a room full of journalists Tuesday that an electric train for San …

Gilbert Brown Wins Costa Rica's Circuito Nacional De Surf
Surfline.com Surf News - Huntington Beach,CA,USA
Playa Hermosa -- "We did it, now the pressure is over," said Gilbert Brown, after he claimed the Costa Rica national surf championship at the Circuito …




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