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Cycling – Amador takes Costa Rica’s First Giro Win

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:59 +0000

Andrey Amador earned himself a niche in cycling’s history books on Saturday when he claimed Costa Rica’s first ever stage win in the Giro d’Italia in a tough mountain stage, while a late surge by Ryder Hesjedal recaptured the overall lead for the Canadian. As temperatures plummeted to five degrees celsius and rain began to [...]

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PURA VIDA HOROSCOPE May 21 through May 27

Lou Cheek — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:35 +0000

ARIES March 21 – April 20 This week will have some pleasant encounters-especially of the romantic variety. You probably won’t become deeply involved, but enjoy the moment and remember that this could lead to other things down the road. ‘Although you want to be the leader, keep in mind, that this could cause some, brief and [...]

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Costa Rica Negotiates the Entry of Fruit to China

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:32 +0000

The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) in Costa Rica is negotiating with China to define export protocols for pineapples and melons, reported the Financial Capital. According to the Journal these products hope to have phytosanitary certification. Health protocols are created to comply with the standards set by the importing country and also to ensure regular [...]

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Free Teeth Whitening – The Costa Rica Dental Team

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:27 +0000

“If your teeth have lost some of their sparkle over the years, Costa Rica Dental Team offers a variety of treatments to help restore those pearly whites. Besides whitening teeth that have become discolored due to coffee, tea and tobacco use, we can also brighten smiles that have been darkened by medicines or that are [...]

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Join the Food Revolution

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:17 +0000

According to the World Health Organization, global obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980. For the first time in history, being overweight is killing more people than being underweight. At least 2.8 million adults around the world die each year from being overweight or obese. And yet, obesity is preventable. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver [...]

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The Intelligence of the Universe

Martin LeFevre — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:59:10 +0000

The creek is as high and voluminous as I’ve ever seen it, a frothing brown torrent racing from the mountains to the ocean. I sit on the bank above my usual sitting spot, which is completely under water. For the first time I witness how the tunnel under a large sycamore at the other end [...]

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Conquering Hike a Milestone for Nick Danger

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:54 +0000

EDMONTON – An irresistible challenge presented itself when I surfed the web just before my second hip operations in December. “Conquer the volcano and help the Canadian Diabetes Association,” it read. My heart raced when I discovered that a fundraising hike up the 1,916-metre (6,286-foot) Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica was planned. [...]

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Helio – Andres Campos Interview

Jose Solis — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:39 +0000

The last few years have shown an increase in Costa Rican film production, with titles like “El regreso”, “El sanatorio” and “A ojos cerrados” becoming box office hits and earning warm responses from audiences and national critics alike; however, for every movie that gets its chance in the spotlight, many other Costa Rican productions go [...]

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Search Gets Harder

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:29 +0000

The opportunity to learn more about where we fit into the vastness of the cosmos is under threat from shortsighted decision makers who have politicized science. For much of the 20th century, governments around the world wanted to boldly go where no man had gone before. More recently, though, austerity budgets around the world and [...]

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The Figueres Family led Costa Rica’s Revolution, and Now its Green Revolution

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000

As the Bonn climate talks begin, John Vidal speaks to former president José María Figueres about Costa Rica’s journey towards sustainability Say the name Figueres in Costa Rica and it’s bound to get a reaction. José “Don Pepe” Figueres led the 1948 revolution, was president three times, nationalised the banks and gave women and black [...]

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“The Lucky One”

Jose Solis — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:08 +0000

When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) finds a strange woman’s picture, while on duty in Iraq, he realizes that by holding on to the pic he seems to survive when others around him don’t. “These things don’t just happen” says an unnamed extra before being blown up to pieces and finally convincing Logan that [...]

The Blackest of the Black Sheep

Martin LeFevre — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:05 +0000

It’s a paradox, but the more things break down, the more people cling to old forms, and the greater the pressure to conform to them. As the black sheep of my family, I know how destructive the demand of conformity can be. I didn’t need a tattoo to be a non-conformist, since my non-conformity wasn’t [...]

Been Scammed or Defrauded in Costa Rica?

TCRN STAFF — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:43:30 +0000

Costa Rica like every country has people that look to take advantage of others in the pursuit of financial gain, otherwise known as scammers or scam artists. They will use the inadequacy of the legal system, the unethical lawyers, or the banking laws to take money out of your pocket and put it in theirs leaving you [...]

Regarding Religionists and Atheists

Martin LeFevre — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:14 +0000

At the core of the Christian faith is the idea of “God becoming man in Jesus.” When I became old enough to question my conditioning in my mid-teens, I instinctively felt this was wrong. I saw that making Jesus into God meant that God was in the image of man, and that made no sense [...]

Baby Boomers, Here They Come

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:59:58 +0000

In a candid interview with The Costa Rica News (TCRN), Dr. Marco Muñoz Peralta, gave us his views about Health Tourism and the Dental problems facing the Baby Boomers! TCRN: Couldn´t help noticing your full waiting rooms. Is this norm? Dr. Marco: Yes, it is. Year after year with basically only ¨word of mouth¨ as [...]