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February 5, 2012 - Guanacaste: Where’s The Beef? With the rise in popularity for pro ... +++ February 5, 2012 - Their Passports Deemed Invalid, Kanata Family Returns Same Day From Costa Rica Wendy and Dan Patton sure had a hel ... +++ February 4, 2012 - Over 12,000 Less Students Enrolled This Season Due To Lower Birth Rate The public and private schools this ... +++ February 4, 2012 - M. Night Shyamalan Tweeting About Costa Rica Sites Director M. Night Shyamalan publis ... +++ February 4, 2012 - 300+ Ticos Return From Panama After Being Stranded Government authorities announced th ... +++ February 4, 2012 - New Mayor Set to Take Over in Perez Zeledon Vera Corrales will be sworn in this ... +++ February 2, 2012 - Costa Rica To Create National Park on Calero Island The new Calero Island National Pa ... +++ February 2, 2012 - Aresep Wastes MORE Money It Made From Increased Fees The Aresep increased fees to users ... +++ February 2, 2012 - Starting 2012 With Lowest Inflation in 45 Years In January 2012 the consumer price ... +++ February 2, 2012 - Street Vendors Still A Problem Nearly 3,500 vendors offer clothing ... +++

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FINALLY! iPhone 4S is Released in Costa Rica »

The countdown is over. As expected, dozens of people waited anxiously for several hours, to Kölbi stores, Claro and Movistar, opened its doors at midnight to first acquire the latest…

Jan 27 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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iPhone4S Goes On Sale Today »

The new iPhone 4S can be buy from midnight on Friday, which is the official day of the launch, in three stores of Movistar. According to this company-one of the…

Jan 25 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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iPhone Manufacturing Considered “Unfair” in Costa Rica »

Do you like the iPhone? its curved edges? and its delicate screen? Well, if of the labor laws of Costa Rica depend it, the Apple smartphone could not be produced.…

Jan 23 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Apple Releases iTunes Match Service to Costa Ricans »

Apple opened its “iTunes Match” function in Costa Rica and 18 other countries around the world. This was announced through its website. The service was already active in Brazil since…

Jan 17 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Guanacaste: Where’s The Beef? »

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With the rise in popularity for processed, low cost beef products in the 50s and 60s, Guanacaste became a hot…

Feb 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Their Passports Deemed Invalid, Kanata Family Returns Same Day From Costa Rica »

Wendy and Dan Patton sure had a helluva trip to Costa Rica for $6,000. But the emphasis should be placed…

Feb 5 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Over 12,000 Less Students Enrolled This Season Due To Lower Birth Rate »

The public and private schools this school year will start with 12,759 fewer students than last year. This figure does…

Feb 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

M. Night Shyamalan Tweeting About Costa Rica Sites »

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Director M. Night Shyamalan published several photos on his official Twitter account of the work before the start of the filming…

Feb 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

300+ Ticos Return From Panama After Being Stranded »

Government authorities announced the noon arrival at Paso Canoas the first group of Costa Ricans caught in Panama due to blockages in…

Feb 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

New Mayor Set to Take Over in Perez Zeledon »

Vera Corrales will be sworn in this afternoon, at 3 pm, as the new mayor of the canton of Perez…

Feb 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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HSBC Costa Rica Sells Out to Davivienda »

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HSBC operations in Costa Rica could be in the hands of the Colombian bank Davivienda, if carried out the transaction in coming days and receive formal approval by the Financial Superintendent of Colombia. The alert was given on Saturday by the magazine “Semana”, of that…

Jan 25 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

New Business Tax in April »

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The first annual payment of the new tax to limited companies will be collected during the month of April, confirmed yesterday the Ministries of Finance and Justice. This year, the fee will be of ¢ 135,000 for legal persons that are active and those inactive…

Jan 12 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Interest Rates Begin to Rise »

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The announced increase in interest rates is beginning to be felt, said Finance Minister Fernando Herrero. In the auction of titles that the Government made ​​yesterday for the performance period of three months was 7% higher to 6.20% in December. Herrero said that the government…

Jan 10 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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The Inconvenient Truth »

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It’s a funny thing about the truth – if it’s not convenient then sometimes it’s not worth exploring. I’m in the news business – it’s…

Feb 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Travel Costa Rica tourism

Higher Tourist Arrivals at Juan Santamaria Costa Rica Airport

Juan Santamaria Airport faces an increase in the number of passengers leaving and entering the terminal daily. In the summer months, between 3,000 and 4,000 domestic and foreign tourists, passed trough from this airport, but now…

Dec 30 2011 / Read More »
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Life in Costa Rica is NOTHING Like Back Home

Ten months ago my wife and I packed our bags and moved our four little girls down to the beautiful country of Costa Rica. We wanted to expose our children to a different language, a different…

Aug 3 2011 / Read More »
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M. Night Shyamalan Tweeting About Costa Rica Sites

Director M. Night Shyamalan published several photos on his official Twitter account of the work before the start of the filming of Earth After  in the canton of San Carlos. Shyamalan shared pictures of him and his team…

Feb 4 2012 / Read More »
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New M. Night Shyamalan Film Begins Shooting in Costa Rica

The latest film by acclaimed producer M. Night Shyamalan, from Signs and The Sixth Sense, is set to begin filming in Costa Rica on February 6th. The film is called After Earth. Starring in the film will…

Feb 1 2012 / Read More »
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Four Ticos Compete in Surf Competition

Four Tico surfers will participate in the third round of the Latin Tour, which begins today at Montanita Beach in Ecuador. Anthony Fillingim, Noé Mar McGonagle, Jason Torres and Jairo Perez will represent the country in a new day of the tournament popularly known as ALAS (an acronym for the Latin American Surfing Association).…

Jan 31 2012 / Read More »
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Spain Arrives in Costa Rica

The Spanish football team, current world champion is already in our country after arriving at 4:00 a. m. from a private flight from England. The team, led by Spanish Vicente del Bosque, left the Juan Santamaria…

Nov 13 2011 / Read More »

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