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Weekend Traffic Alert: High Vacation Traffic on the Pacific Coast Will be Facilitated With an Extra Lane
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Vacationers heading to the beaches of the north and south Pacific coast this weekend will be able to use the reversible lane on Route 27 from the toll booth at Brasil de Mora...
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Costa Rica Police Dismantled 123 Drug Trafficking Rings in 2014 Alone
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Costa Rica Ministry of Public Security reported that in 2014 they were able to dismantle 123 criminal organizations involved in national and international drug trafficking.Of all the organizations broken up by agents...
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Keylor Navas and Jorge Luis Pinto Awarded Best Player and Coach of 2014 by CONCACAF
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas and Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto were named player and coach of the year on Tuesday by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).In...
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Holiday Weekend Weather Warning: High Winds and Surf Predicted on the Caribbean Coastline
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Swimmers and boaters should be extra cautious this weekend along the Caribbean coast. From Friday, December 26 to Monday the 29 there will be dangerous surf in these waters, warns oceanographer Omar Lizano...
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Don’t Get Your Car Impounded Over the Holidays! You won’t be Able to Get It Back Until January 5
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Towed vehicles or plates retained by the traffic police from December 24 through January 4, 2015 cannot be recuperated until January 5 because during this time all offices of the Road Safety Council...
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Costa Rica Ranks in the Top 5 Vacation Destinations for Americans in 2015
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is among the top five destinations for Americans to go on vacation next year, according to a ranking by the travel site Priceline.com.The country ranks fifth among a list of ten...
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Support Your Local Farmers: Recent INEC Report Documents Over 93,000 Farms in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica has at least 93,007 farms active in crop and livestock production, according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) that helps to create public policies...
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Costa Rican Students Have 11,000 Extra Opportunities to Earn Scholarships
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The National Scholarship Fund (FONABE) aims to provide 11,000 more scholarships for 2015.In 2014, the organization awarded scholarships to 179,000 low-income students across the country. Next year, they intend to give out 190,000...
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Latin America Celebrates the New Diplomatic Status Between USA and Cuba
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) today celebrated the historic moment that's bringing normalization of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, said the agency.The CELAC, whose president pro tempore...
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Fine Reduction Available for Those Unable to File Their Costa Rica Taxes Yesterday
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Despair, anguish and anger: Many Costa Rican taxpayers who tried to submit their income taxes yesterday can related to these feelings when they were unable to access the Ministry of Finance's website.According to...
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Gisele Bündchen Enjoyed Santa Teresa in Costa Rica With Her Boyfriend and Two Children
Gisele Bündchen, businesswoman and supermodel, visited Costa Rica for the second time this year. This time she did so...