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2012 Medical Travel Summit Costa Rica (April 23-25)

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:55:38 +0000

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Registrations for the 2012 Medical Travel Summit, hosted by The Council for the International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine, are still being accepted. The Summit will be held April 23-25 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in Escazu, Costa Rica, close to excellent shopping, nightlife and a variety dining options. The [...]

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Costa Rica Frog Watching

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000

Keep your eyes open in Costa Rica , and you may be a lucky witness of the amphibian’s family, especially the amazing world of frogs. For a few weeks avery April, thousands of Monteverde’s goleen toads emerged to gather around pools of water in the cloud forests to mate. Painted a spectacular shining orange, a [...]

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Finding a Lawyer in Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:44 +0000

How to Find a Lawyer If you plan to go into business, work, buy or sell property or seek long term residency status in Costa Rica, you will definitely need the services of a trustworthy and professional attorney. Your attorney can help you understand the complexities of the Costa Rican legal system, which is based on Napoleonic law. [...]

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Paranormal Activity – Carlos Duran Santorium Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:14 +0000

This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather. It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He was Costa Rica’s president for a short period (1889-1980), during this time he founded this [...]

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Costa Rica Domestic Help: Benefits and Risks for Retirees

Kat Sunlove — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:05 +0000

One of the many great things about retirement in Costa Rica is the quality and affordability of domestic help and other manual labor. Maids, cooks, gardeners, childcare workers or property caretakers are all a bargain compared to North American rates for such services. In our two years here, my husband Layne and I have had [...]

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Costa Rica: A Haven for Nature Lovers

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:58:46 +0000

I thought it was a brown shoelace, until it moved. When I opened the door to our room to alert my sleeping husband, the snake slithered inside. As my husband pondered what he could use to extricate it from our quarters, it exited voluntarily. The men at Rinconcito Lodge, near Rincon de la Vieja, were [...]

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Can You Find the Perfect Mate in Costa Rica? – Dating Truths

TCRN STAFF — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:26:18 +0000

Can you find the perfect mate in Costa Rica? There are so many things to write about when discussing life in Costa Rica. Many North Americans believe relocation to Costa Rica is the answer to life’s struggles. Some US men are looking on line and communicating with Costa Rican women who they hopefully would like [...]

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Costa Rica’s Franklin Chang into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:47 +0000

A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military’s highest-ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this May. Retired astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz, Kevin Chilton and Charles Precourt were confirmed as the 2012 honorees by the Astronaut Scholarship [...]

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The Minister of Agriculture in Mission to Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:45 +0000

The Minister of Agriculture of Haiti, Docteur Hébert, at the invitation of Dr. Victor Villalobos, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture “IICA” went to San Jose, Costa Rica. During his visit of two days, the Haitian Minister met with his Gloria Abraham Peralta, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, and solicit [...]

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Starbucks to Expand in Central America With Costa Rica Location

TCRN STAFF — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:50:54 +0000

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) plans to open its first Costa Rican location in May as the world’s largest coffee- shop chain boosts its presence in the region. Since announcing plans to enter the Central American market in August 2010, Starbucks has opened six locations in the region, including four in El Salvador and two in Guatemala. [...]

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Jose Maria Figueres Participates in the World Future Energy Summit

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:50:03 +0000

Former Costa Rica President Jose Maria Figueres participated in the World Future Energy Summit 2012 held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 15-17 as guest of His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and guest of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of MASDAR the sponsor of WFES. Mr. Figueres spoke [...]

Costa Rica: Prototype for the Future?

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:01:20 +0000

Most of us would have to get a map to know where Costa Rica is located. It is not a country that has been in the news. It has no army. It is not a country that has called attention to itself due to hunger and poverty because it has the ability to feed itself [...]

17 Border Crossings at Teatro Jaco

TCRN STAFF — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:44:45 +0000

Teatro Jaco announces the second production of its inaugural season: 17 Border Crossings. This internationally acclaimed play arrives at Teatro Jaco Costa Rica directly from Madrid on a world tour. Following the enormously successful “A Christmas Carol” Teatro Jaco announces the second production of its inaugural season: 17 Border Crossings. This internationally acclaimed play arrives at Teatro [...]

Costa Rica Draws Record Investment on Technology, Communications

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:03:22 +0000

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Foreign direct investment in Costa Rica rose 52 percent to a record $1.56 billion in the first nine months of 2011 on increased spending by technology and telecommunications companies. Investment in the Central American country’s free-trade zone, where U.S. corporations such as Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. [...]

Costa Rica Downs Cuba in Opener

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:48:18 +0000

While many Costa Ricans are very disappointed in the play of the Costa Rican Men’s National Team, they should be excited about the Woman’s team. VANCOUVER — Costa Rica defeated Cuba 2-0 in a dominant performance Thursday to open play in the CONCACAF women’s Olympic soccer qualifying tournament at BC Place. Costa Rica controlled the early [...]