| 10/23/2007 - Savor the Flavor of Costa Rica |
| As you already know, there are several reasons to join us for International Living's Live & Prosper in Costa Rica seminar Nov. 5-7. |
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| 10/23/2007 - The Measure of Corruption: Good News for Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica is making headway against corruption…or at least its people think so. |
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| 10/18/2007 - Solving the Costa Rica "Problem" |
| I love Costa Rica. Maybe because I was married there 10 years ago and I have fond memories of spending time there with my new husband. |
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| 10/16/2007 - Costa Rica Is the Third Happiest Place in the World |
| Costa Rica's trademark phrase pura vida translates to "absolute life" or "100% life." |
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| 10/11/2007 - Fly Roundtrip to Costa Rica for $148-Deal Ends Tomorrow |
| American Airlines has joined forces with TravelZoo to offer unbeatable roundtrip fares to Costa Rica. |
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| 10/10/2007 - $40-Million Marina Now One of 22 Projects for Caribbean Coast |
| More good news for Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. Earlier this year, the government announced plans for a $600-million modernization of the two principal ports, Limon and Moin |
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| 10/08/2007 - Don't Make a Move…Literally |
| Want to make a change in your life but don't know how to go about it? |
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| 10/08/2007 - The Votes Are In, and the People Say "Yes" to CAFTA |
| Yesterday a slim majority of voters in Costa Rica approved DR-CAFTA (the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement). |
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| 10/03/2007 - Locals May Nix CAFTA Thanks to Political Scandal |
| DR-CAFTA (the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement) is facing serious controversy and resistance in Costa Rica. |
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| 09/28/2007 - Costa Rica Hotels Rank in Travel + Leisure's Top 25 |
| The Four Seasons Hotel on the Papagayo Peninsula ranks high
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| 09/26/2007 - Mega-Project and $600 Million Modernization for Costa Rica's Caribbean Ports |
| Some very good news for Costa Rica's Caribbean coast: it's set to get a much-needed leg up with the $600-million modernization |
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| 09/20/2007 - An $80,000 Machine Cleans Up in Jaco |
| Jacó Beach, arguably the most visited beach on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, is getting a makeover thanks to the donation of two new beach-cleaning machines. |
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| 09/19/2007 - Front Run the Infrastructure Now |
| Where is the next real estate hotspot in Costa Rica? If I were to answer, I'd confidently say "the southern portion of the country." |
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| 09/18/2007 - Turning $15 Million into $26 Million in Costa Rica |
| How do they do it? In a modern day magic trick, Costa Rica is about to turn a debt of $15 million into $26 million earmarked for environmental conservation in the country. |
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| 09/17/2007 - Costa Rica's Seven Wonders |
| Following in the footsteps of the global recasting of the Seven Wonders of the World, Costa Rica has chosen its own, homegrown Siete Maravillas (Seven Wonders). |
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| 09/06/2007 - Travel 100% Guilt-Free…Make Your Trip Carbon Neutral |
| A growing number of businesses in Costa Rica's tourism sector are offering carbon-neutral services, allowing you to visit this eco-tourism haven without leaving "environmental footprints. |
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| 09/04/2007 - New Direct Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Costa Rica |
| Getting to Costa Rica is getting easier every month. Just last month, Delta Airlines announced two new direct flights here. Starting February 2008, the flights will depart from New York's John F. |
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| 08/30/2007 - Nationwide Land Revaluation Project Starts Now |
| Want to know if you're getting a fair shake when you buy property in Costa Rica? It may soon be easier to compare property prices. |
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| 08/27/2007 - Big Growth in Air Traffic to Costa Rica's Liberia Airport |
| The sun, the beaches, the rainforests, the delicious coffee…these things and more continue to draw visitors to Costa Rica. |
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| 08/23/2007 - Dean Spares Costa Rica |
| Unlike Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, Costa Rica was spared intense weather and possible flooding expected from Hurricane Dean. |
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| 08/15/2007 - Saudi Prince Among "Rich and Famous" Investing in Costa Rica |
| Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal spent the weekend vacationing in Costa Rica's northwestern province of Guanacaste after arriving in a private 747 Boeing jet. |
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| 08/14/2007 - Cariblanco Power Plant: Investors and Consumers Reassured in Costa Rica |
| This has been a year of electricity woes for Costa Rica, after a blown transformer at a substation shorted out the national system on April 19. |
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| 08/13/2007 - You've Got Mail: Guanacaste is Costa Rica's Biggest Tourism Investment Yet |
| The big boys have big plans for Costa Rica's booming Guanacaste Province. First, Mel Gibson moved in, now he is followed by Steve Case and Sol Kerzner. |
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| 08/08/2007 - New Marina Will Boost Business and Investment in Quepos |
| Harold Lovelady and John Kane, both seasoned boaters and fishermen, want a world-class marina on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, so they have decided to build one. |
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| 08/01/2007 - Racketeers Beware…New Costa Rican Tax, Immigration Regulations Target You |
| Notaries public in Costa Rica must now register all transactions of $10,000 or more, according to a recently approved regulation aimed at combating money laundering in the country. |
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| 07/25/2007 - All Costa Rican Phone Numbers to Change in 2008 |
| Costa Rica is running out of telephone numbers. Costa Rica has an antiquated dialing system that has never utilized regional codes or area codes (as in the U.S. and Canada). |
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| 07/18/2007 - Follow Him or Run From Him: Mad Max (Mel Gibson) is Taking on Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
| Straight from the horse's mouth: Mel Gibson bought property in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The actor and director confirmed rumors of a real estate purchase during a recent visit to Costa Rica, in which Gibson talked with local press. |
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| 07/16/2007 - CAFTA to be Decided in Costa Rica Via Nationwide Referendum |
| Costa Rica President Oscar Arias has gotten his wish: a national referendum. Mr. Arias has been a staunch proponent of Costa Rica's joining the trade pact known as the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). |
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| 07/13/2007 - Costa Rica Permanent Residency: Adios Mad Border Dash…Hello New Immigration Legislation |
| Many foreigners that live full-time in Costa Rica take part in a reluctant ritual every three months: the dash for the border. |
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| 07/12/2007 - 17 People Shot in Property Dispute at Edward Sides' Parcela Cinco |
| At least 17 people were shot in a property dispute that pits U.S. citizen Edward Sides against a community of more than 200 people. The dispute involves a 12-acre plot of land known as Parcela Cinco situated on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast. |
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| 07/06/2007 - Drug Thugs Accused of Plotting to Kill Costa Rican Officials Go Free |
| Emotions are running high in Costa Rica this week-and rightly so-about a gang of Colombian drug thugs accused of plotting to assassinate top Costa Rican officials, including Rodrigo Arias, Minister of the Presidency and brother to President Oscar Arias. |
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| 07/04/2007 - New Direct Flights to Costa Rica Mean More Choice for Travelers |
| Delta Airlines has announced two new direct flights to Costa Rica starting February 2008, departing from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). |
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| 06/29/2007 - Investor Matteo Quintavalle's Depository Pacific Bank in Costa Rica Sued By U.S. Clients |
| The polemic and high-profile investor Matteo Quintavalle has been barred from leaving Costa Rica for six months. |
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| 06/26/2007 - "We're Sorry…The Entire Country is Offline" |
| Service was interrupted for approximately one million Internet users in Costa Rica after two massive underwater fiber optic cables were damaged last week. |
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| 06/22/2007 - Marriage Visas for Sale…As Per Costa Rica Supreme Court |
| Marriage is now one option for anyone seeking entry to Costa Rica. In a ruling issued last week, the court ordered the Director of Immigration, Mario Zamora, to pay damages from his own pocket to a Cuban woman. |
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| 06/19/2007 - President Arias Celebrates Peace Plan Anniversary |
| President Oscar Arias was in New York last week celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Esquipulas Accords, the peace plan credited for ending multiple conflicts in Central America, and for which Arias won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1987. |
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| 06/13/2007 - High-Speed Internet Expansion in Costa Rica is Moving at Snail's Pace |
| A major project meant to expand high-speed internet in Costa Rica is moving at a pace anything but high speed. |
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| 06/12/2007 - Costa Rica Shuns Taiwan for China |
| After more than 60 years of support, and having received hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, Costa Rica has dumped Taiwan for China. |
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| 05/28/2007 - Frontier Airlines Offers A Quick, Affordable Way to Get to Costa Rica |
| Flying to Costa Rica from the U.S. just became easier and, at least for a while, more affordable. |
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| 05/15/2007 - Police Negotiators Quickly Defuse Hostage Situation |
| Thanks to well-trained police officers, what might have been a violent situation was quickly defused in Costa Rica last week. |
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| 05/10/2007 - NASA to Research Climate Change in Costa Rica |
| NASA has announced it has signed an agreement with representatives of Costa Rica's National Center for High Technology (CENAT) and will make Costa Rica its base of operations for research on the impact of tropical clouds on global warming. |
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| 05/07/2007 - Energy Outages Take Costa Ricans By Surprise |
| Two weeks ago, Costa Rica experienced a series of nationwide electricity blackouts?the first in five years. |
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