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Mountain Farm with Panoramic Views – Piedades North, San Ramon
With fantastic panoramic views this 1.38 hectare (13,800m2) farm has tremendous potential at only $63,000 USD, San Ramon.San Ramon Costa Rica Real Estate FarmLot: 13,800 m2Sale Price: $63,000Property Type: Farm/income potential (Click to enlarge images)The beautiful farm (finca in Spanish), has some spectacular...
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Telica volcano in Nicaragua Showing Many Micro Earthquakes
Latin America News - The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies announced the Telica volcano is under close observation, due to increased micro earthquakes."We always permanent monitoring volcanoes, but now we are watching the volcano Telica more activity closer," said...
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Cocos Island Electricity Based Clean Energy
In July 2012 the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Mares (MINAE), the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) signed a cooperation agreement to build and maintain a power generation project based on...
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Starbucks to Establish Coffee Laboratory in Costa Rica
Reported in the newspaper El Pais of Spain, Starbucks announced it would buy 240 hectares (about 600 acres) of land near the Poas Volcano, to establish a laboratory to experiment with new varieties of coffee.The U.S. company did not...
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Environmental Protection in the Global Development Agenda
Representatives of UN agencies and the governments of France and Costa Rica held a meeting this week to look for ways to include environmental sustainability in the global development agenda from 2015.The meeting in San Jose is part of...
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Chinchilla Says Pope is "like a friend"
Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla said after meeting Pope Francisco today it felt as if "a friend" who gave you "spirit" and "breath"."He is a man of great warmth and his closeness feels enormous, like a friend…," said Chinchilla.Laura...
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St. Patrick's Day and Pura Vida – A Truly "Green" Match
It’s been said that on St. Patrick’s Day, the whole world is Irish. From the countless celebrations in pubs, restaurants and bars, to the parades and the “wearin’ of the green”, it truly seems that the whole world embraces...
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The WB Gives $ 3 million to Costa Rica for Carbon Market
The World Bank (WB) will provide $ 3 million in funding to Costa Rica in order to develop their local carbon market and the country's commitment to reduce its emissions, the bank said this past week.The World Bank said...
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Chinchilla to Give the Pope a Tree in Symbolic Gesture
Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, welcomed the new Pope Francisco and said she wants to give him a tree that can followed from the Vatican via a satellite system.The president told reporters today that because of "austerity" that has...
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SICA Foreign Ministers Meet in Costa Rica to Reform Organization
The Central American foreign ministers held a working meeting this past week in San Jose to study a proposal by Costa Rica to reform the Central American Integration System (SICA).A Costa Rican Foreign Ministry spokesman said that will be...
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Costa Rican Hotels Project 66% Occupancy for this July Vacations
Hotels in Costa Rica project an average occupancy rate of 66% during the mid-season holidays. This period is between...