Costa Rica News Archives - October, 2011
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Caño Island: Costa Rica's accessible wild isleTico TimesWhile most of the world's most famous wild islands are reached by heading out to sea for days at a time, Caño Island lies less than an hour's boat ride off Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast. Lodges from Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula to Manuel …
Costa Rican Houses Receive International Award
Inside Costa Rica
Three luxurious residences in Costa Rica's Pacific coast were awarded by the prestigious international competition, America Property Awards, a global contest that rewards the best professional design and construction. Two of them were designed by Costa ...
Costa Rica backs Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
Tico Times
Small arms trafficking could lead to instability in Costa Rica says vice minister of foreign relations. Costa Rica and 111 other countries have thrown their support behind the latest version of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. …
Surf and sun in Costa Rica
Summit Daily News
By Tucker Burton Locals and tourists alike enjoy Santa Teresa, Costa Rica's consistent reputation of pumping out perfect sets of beginner waves. Surfing culture is prevalent throughout Santa Theresa, Costa Rica, from the global backpackers to the local ...
At festival, palm fruit is king
Tico Times
Residents have cultivated dozens of uses for the fruit, which is a relative of the coconut, and unflinchingly state that the best-tasting pejibaye in Costa Rica is raised here. “We have grown pejibayes here for hundreds of years,” said farmer René …
Costa Rican film festival goes international
Tico Times
Courtesy of Tiempo Líquido This year's “El Regreso,” the award-winning film by Hernán Jiménez, has generated chatter about Costa Rican cinema (TT, Sept. 2). Beginning today, 75 more filmmakers will have the chance to make a splash of their own at the …
Take a Day Off in the Tropical Costa Rica
Top Secret Writers
Spend a couple of days with me in a remote part of Costa Rica. We wake up to a green honeycreeper chip, chipping in the garden outside our window and pull our eyes open with couldn't-be-fresher tarrazu coffee concocted in a chorreador or, basically, …
Casa Ramon Luxury Villa, Costa Rica
Pursuitist
Casa Ramon is a luxurious villa in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Moreover, the villa is close to a lush jungle and has breathtaking mountain views. Casa Ramon has a lovely tropical architecture, …
Costa Rica Launches Million Dollar Happiness Campaign
PSFK
By Laura Feinstein on October 24, 2011 If you ever visit Costa Rica, there's a common phrase thrown around a lot you'll probably hear numerous time. Pura Vida, most closely translated to “Pure Life,” but also extending to meaning “full of life,” …
Latin America proposes sustainable agriculture plan
The Costa Rica News
San Jose, Costa Rica, October 21 (ECLAC/FAO/IICA). Despite the current context of volatility and high food prices, in the long term, the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be able to take advantage of the opportunities …
Costa Rica's natural beauty, especially the feathered kind, owes a lot to …
Plain Dealer
By James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer Judy Semroc, Special to The Plain DealerGreen violet-eared hummingbirds are surprisingly common in the cool mountain forests of Costa Rica, but that doesn't make their brilliant plumage any less stunning. …
Costa Rica rejects shark massacre
Colombia Reports
A delegate of the Costa Rican government arrived in Cartagena Thursday and stated that the country disapproves of the Malpelo shark massacre in Colombian waters, Noticias Uno reported. Arturo Navarro, arrived in the coastal Colombian city as Costa …
Adventures in Costa Rica
TravelBite.co.uk
Well, we've found that Costa Rica ticks all the boxes. We booked an all-inclusive stay at one of the Barcelo hotels on the north west coast (Langosta, near Tamarindo). The hotel is set in a nature reserve and outside the bedroom window were red …
Costa Rica's Main Airport Completes 3-Yr Restructure, Ready to Double …
Hispanically Speaking News
Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José has successfully completed a three-year restructuring and is preparing to more than double its passenger capacity after partnering with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the …
'Occupy Wall Street' movement reaches Costa Rica
Tico Times
On Twitter, many of the international events, including protests in Costa Rica, were listed under the hashtag #Globalchange. At least five different Costa Rican initiatives were planned on social media platforms. Participants met on Saturday morning at ...
Costa Rica: Mall Owners "Obligated" To Pay For Stolen Vehicles
Inside Costa Rica
At Inside Costa Rica we tested the mall security by leaving a vehicle with no windows, in this case, an old Land Cruiser with roll up plastic as part of the canvas covering and with items on the seats. A note was placed on the windshield noting the …
Cycling Race in Costa Rica Will Determine the World's Toughest Mountain Bike Rider
PR Web (press release)
La Ruta, a four-day mountain bike race held in Costa Rica that takes solo cyclists from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, was named by Time as one of the "Top 10 Endurance Competitions." On November 2, over 200 elite off-road cyclists from 25 …
Tropical beauty surrounds Costa Rica
BCLocalNews
Limon is the primary tourist centre in Costa Rica featuring a unique combination of beaches, natural resources and afro-American culture in Cahuíta, Puerto Viejo and Gandoca Manzanillo. Clear water, coconut palms, great surf and a laid-back Caribbean …
Flying With Canopy in The Costa Rican Rainforest (Photos + Video)
Treehugger
by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 10.11.11 Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican …
Costa Rica Expects Chinese Grant By Year End To Expand Route 32
Inside Costa Rica
Although transport minister, Francisco Jiménez, said earlier this year that the cost of the project would be $221 million dollars, Costa Rica's Ambassador to China, Marco Vinicio Ruiz, explained that the work would cost almost double, some $400 million ...
Places & Spaces: The Costa Verde Hotel
EcoSalon
by Fiona Flores Watson on October 8, 2011 in Shelter Costa Verde offers Costa Rica's most original eco-suite: a vintage airplane in the jungle. Costa Verde nestles in the rainforest above the Pacific Ocean, next to Manuel Antonio National Park. …
Costa Rica Tourism Board unveils new US, Canada ad campaign
Tico Times
This sloth stars in the Costa Rica Tourism Board's new ad campaign called Costa Rica's Million Dollar Gift of Happiness. Watch a video of the new ad campaign and its laid-back sloth star here. The Costa Rica Tourism Board unveiled a new advertising …
The World Rafting Championship is underway in Costa Rica
Gadling
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) on Oct 5th 2011 at 12:00PM The World Rafting Championship begins tomorrow in Turrialba, Costa Rica, where teams from 35 countries are already busy preparing to compete against one another in a variety of races. …
Superb surf and turf await in Costa Rica
Denver Post
By Jason Blevins Three adjacent beaches in Costa Rica offer some of the best and most overlooked surfing in Central America. (Jason Blevins, The Denver Post) The would-be search party erupted when we strolled through the jungle veil, well after dark. …
Costa Rican foreign direct investment on pace to break all-time high
Tico Times
Costa Rica is on track to reach an all-time high for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2011. According to the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), through the first six months of the year, Costa Rica raked in $1.06 billion in FDI funds. …
An unbeatable building material for Costa Rica? Stick to bamboo
Tico Times
Costa Rica's Central Valley – where much of the population lives and most of the country's business is transacted – has one of the world's best climates. Under ordinary conditions, the temperature ranges between 20 and 30 degrees, …
Costa Rica hosts World Rafting Championship
Tico Times
The Costa Rican men's national rafting team powers through the Río Pacuare course that will host the 2011 World Rafting Championship Oct. 4-10. Photo by Eve Morton Hundreds of athletes from all over the world are set to descend on the white water of …
Report reveals Costa Rica's leatherback turtles in trouble
Tico Times
Turtles that nest in Costa Rica made both lists. The Pacific Ocean proved a dangerous place for leatherback turtles, which primarily nest in Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. On the Pacific side of Costa Rica, leatherbacks can be found throughout the …
Costa Rica reclaims artifacts from New York museum
Reuters
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica will for the first time display a trove of artifacts, some believed to be more than 2300 years old, after they were returned unbidden this month from the prestigious Brooklyn Museum in New York. …
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