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Nothing is Impossible!
Nothing is Impossible reads the new hand painted sign as you enter the grounds of the Puerto Viejo Grade School.
Looking around one begins to believe this phrase.More than 120 students and 15 teachers from three high schools from the...
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The Observer In an Infinite Regress
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFerveIs the brain capable of observing without an observer? What is the observer? What part does it play in the division, conflict, and fragmentation of the world?These are crucial questions, not only for awakening the meditative...
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Sámara’s Sub-Par Police Station To Be Relocated… But Where To?
Sámara’s Chamber of Tourism (CASATUR) and Integral Development Association have joined forces and put in to motion the first plans to change the location of the Sámara Police Station. It seems that the necessity of relocating the station is...
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Introductions and Beginnings!
Lance Harrell
Editor in ChiefThe Costa Rica News is happy to announce the addition of Anita Verma to our writing staff! Ms. Verma has a passion for exotic cultures, sports, legal/political issues and the beach lifestyle. Ms. Verma obtained a...
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Beyond the Matrix
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFerveSet to the lyrics from Willy Wonka’s “A world of pure imagination,” the business ad invites participants into a brave new world of technology, where the only reality is what the mind and self invent at...
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May Tibet Never Be Forgotten
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFerveThe Dalai Lama has said that he may not reincarnate again, and if he does, it will not be in Tibet. He isn’t referring to illumination however. After all, bodhisattvas reincarnate; illumined beings incarnate.The Dalai Lama...
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Costa Rica adopts Japanese format for digital TV
by PABLO FONSECA QCosta Rica has officially adopted the digital television format created by Japan, but adapted to be used by Brazil in Latin America.By an executive order published in La Gaceta, Costa Rica and joined countries such as...
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Rains cause landslides and road accidents on Caldera
by ALONSO MATA BBoulders up to one meter in diameter fell this weekend on the new San José-Caldera highway due to heavy rains.Landslides left three people injured, who had to be transferred to medical facilities.In addition, debris and rocks...
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Street vendors in the capital are divided by nationality
by VANESSA LOAIZA N.Street vendors in San Jose appear to be separated by blocks and boulevards, according to whether they are Colombians, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans.At least 1,800 street vendor have invaded the few areas dedicated to pedestrians in the...
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Google tries where others failed: shaking up TV biz
(Reuters) - Google TV, a service that will bring the Web to television screens, is likely to create more headaches for broadcast and cable executives already concerned with being sidelined by free online video shows on computers.At stake are...
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“El Coco”, in Carrillo, Will be Site of the Seventh Marina in Costa Rica
Costa Rica will have a new official access port in El Coco, canton of Carrillo, Guanacaste. The space will...