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This morning Costa Rica again felt two earthquake. Preliminary data indicate the entire country felt them.According to the report of the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory of the first quake was presented at about 11:16:17 with a magnitude of 5.2 and...

The Annual Jaco Costa Rica Fiestas kicked off this year from December 7 - 9, and will continue the weekend of 14th thru to the 16th.The main event is the "tope" which is a Costa Rican tradition, where the...

For a majority of the 20th century, San José Costa Rica was primarily an agricultural city. But after the post-war baby boom (1948), large scale urban migration completely transformed the capital next few decades. Explosive growth between the 1950’s...

Expats have long been attracted to Costa Rica for many reasons; accessibility, safety, low cost of living, beautiful beaches, modern inexpensive health care, some of the best real estate opportunities in Central America, good infrastructure, lush tropical rainforests, ocean,...

A strong earthquake shook various parts of the country at 12:55 am The quake was felt in San Jose, Heredia and Alajuela some areas, according to the as far as Guanacaste.The revised report Seismological and Volcanological Observatory of Costa...

The University of Costa Rica (UCR) released the results of the survey "News 2012", which showed that 59.7% of Costa Ricans feel that insecurity in the country increased considerably, but 67.3% are happy people.The study by students of the...

The fascination with the Mayan Long Count calendar is peaking as December 21st, 2012 approaches. As more attention is paid to the complex calendar system used by Mayans for daily, religious, and ceremonial life, the rediscovery of Mayan astrology...

The National Bank projects a credit growth of 12% which represents290,000 million colones. The strongest sectors are services for National, housing, commerce, industry and consumption.Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) shows growth between 12% and 15%. The bank is looking...

Cocos Island Costa Rica is a renowned National Park and is a World Heritage Site and is one of the country's richest in terms of biodiversity, but every year the region is threatened by illegal fishing.Problems such as lack...

Costa Rica has jungles, beaches, volcanic mountain ranges and protected animal preserves and was selected by National Geographic as one of the most bio-intense place on EGet To Know the Costa Rican Submarine Volcanic Mountain Rangearth.Costa Rica offers an...