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Costa Rica’s Most Popular Beauty Contest is Back this Friday
Beauty pageants are extremely popular in Costa Rica, especially Miss Costa Rica, which will be on Teletica’s Channel 7 this Friday. But what exactly is it that makes the show so popular?
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Special Bus Routes Planned on Opening Week of the New Stadium
The Costa Rica Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has announced a special plan for bus routes to and from La Sabana during the week of the inauguration of the new National Stadium.
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Costa Rica’s New National Stadium: Schedule of Events
Costa Rica’s new National Stadium opens it’s doors to the public this Saturday, kicking off the inauguration with a soccer match between Costa Rica and China.
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The UN Comes Up to the Mark
Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com.On March 11, I visited the little known birthplace of the United Nations--Muir Woods on the Marin Peninsula near San Francisco. This was before the Security Council passed Resolution 1973 to prevent more civilian massacres in Libya,...
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Teatro Nacional: April Schedule of Events
April 2011 schedule of events (in English) for the National Theatre, located in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Obama’s Latin American trip sparks new era – Clinton
President Obama’s trip to Latin America will lay the foundation for a new era, Hillary Clinton said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. on March 18.
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Across Oceans and Centuries
On a gray and chilly afternoon without a car, I have to give myself a nudge to get out on the bike into the country for a sitting. But the dreary day is instantly forgotten when a hovering hawk—a...
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Exciting New Eco-Developments in Atenas, Costa Rica
Eco-developments offer individually designed eco-homes with solar panels, recycled water systems and materials, and eco-products - all to keep Costa Rica green.
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WikiLeaks reveals U.S. concern over immigration
Costa Rica’s recognition of China led the U.S. ambassador to raise concerns over illegal Chinese immigration to Costa Rica and drug trafficking.
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U.S. diplomats: China is ’Santa Claus’ in Costa Rica – WikiLeaks
After Costa Rica’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China in 2007, the country now has a new sensitivity to China and human rights issues. Closer economic ties have made China ‘Santa Claus’, say U.S. diplomats according to cables released by WikiLeaks.
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Ocean Summit, Chaired by Costa Rica and France, Ends with Agreements but Without Clear Funding
The UN ocean summit concludes Friday in Nice with progress toward better protecting the high seas, but without clear...