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Tropical storms continue to saturate Costa Rica
TCRN Staff:The chain of tropical storms continued to saturate Costa Rica collapsing highways, overflowing rivers and flooding towns. Hundreds of people are in shelters, many lost their homes and the Central Valley is almost cut off from the rest...
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Special Report – A Highway Through the Serengeti!
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFevreThe word Serengeti is synonymous with Africa. The Serengeti’s spectacular panoply of predator and prey still echoes through the mists of history on the continent of humankind’s birth.Now, the Tanzanian government has approved a highway...
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Costa Rica to boast World’s Largest Penthouse
TCRN Staff:68,459 square feet, of prime beachfront real estate in Costa Rica can be yours for only $50,000,000 (yes that’s $50 million, that's seven (7) zero's).More than 10 times the average USA mansion, the developers call it the...
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The Crisis of Consciousness
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFevreThere’s a lot of talk these days about a “revolution in consciousness.” The vast portion of it is just that—talk.It simply isn’t true to say “we’re in the middle of a revolution in consciousness.” But...
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What Is God?
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFevreStephen Hawking recently said that we should avoid contact with extraterrestrials, because they “might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet.” Now he says “science makes God unnecessary.” Hawking...
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$2.8 million to supply Costa Rica’s Immigration Authority with Foreign Resident Cards
TCRN Staff$2.8 million to supply Costa Rica's Immigration Authority with Foreign Resident CardsThe credentials feature optical security media, the same technology at the heart of the U.S. "Green Card." Delivery of cards is expected to be completed by the...
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Costa Rica Independence – 189th Anniversary
TCRN StaffCosta Rica is 189 years old, and she looks great!!! How far has she come in 189 years? What makes Costa Rica the “The Jewel of Central America”?Interestingly enough… Costa Rica was the first Central American country...
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Court Rules Against Random Stop and Searches
A preliminary ruling last week by the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica's Supreme Court (Sala IV) that police cannot stop and search citizens without “a solid indication that the person has committed a crime” has caused strong opposition.Public Security...
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Society and Solitude
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFevreSociety and SolitudeThe world grows more parlous with each passing month, with no sign of genuine hope for humanity’s future. Here in ‘the greatest country in the world,’ the idea and image of America is...
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Can Psychological Time End?
Featured Columnist – Meditations
Martin LeFevreOverhanging the gorge are great angular outcroppings of volcanic rock—solid and sharp edged protrusions from the gently sloping grasslands behind them. Many have huge slabs balanced on top of them, some looking like they had been...
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Which Are the Favorite Destinations for Costa Ricans to Say Goodbye and Start the New Year?
With the arrival of the end of the year season, Costa Ricans take advantage of the festivities to explore...