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The Perfect Spot

Submitted by Shannon K. We recently took this picture while walking the beach side trail in Cahuita National Park on the Caribbean coast. While quite a hike if you intend on doing the whole trail, it's well worth it! There are plenty...

ICE to offer IPTV by July 2010

By TCRN Staff The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has stated that in the second quarter of 2010 (April-June) its customers will be able to purchase internet television services (IPTV). This service will offer digital TV service using the same...

ICE invests in customer service to survive competition

By Staff As part of its strategy to face competition, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is promoting an ambitious change of its services and technologies to improve customer service. The is a program called Plan of Development of Support...

Earthquake stirkes Central Valley

By Lance Harrell SAN JOSE - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica Friday, without immediate report of victims and material damages. The Costa Rican Vulcanology and Seismology Observatory (OVISCORI) said the earthquake occurred at 3:20 p.m. local time (2120 GMT)...

Traveling Buddies

Submitted by Shari h. What a perfect trip! This was taken at the waterfall in Montezuma! The trail up to this series of falls is an easy and beautiful one.    

Bright outlook for Central American Coffee

An increased investment in coffee farms, climate forecasts and high harvest expected in the coming months will help to boost coffee production in Central America in the 2009/10 cycle, say members of the industry. The small Central American countries are...

Costa Rica Allocates $15 Million to Repair Bridges

SAN JOSE – The Costa Rica government announced that it is allocating $15 million for the reparation of 10 bridges, two days after a tragedy that took five lives and sparked a barrage of criticism against Public Works and...

Costa Rican minister resigns over accident

SAN JOSE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica's Public Works and Transportation Minister Karla Gonzalez resigned on Monday after being criticized for failing to assume responsibility for last week's accident in which five people were killed. A bus fell into...

Costa Rican student excelling in new country

By Zack Harold CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's not the slight Spanish accent that sets Valerie Chavez apart from her classmates. It's that, just a year ago, the Richwood Elementary fifth-grader spoke no English at all. Valerie came to the United States from...

The quiet storm season may rumble back to life

By Kate Spinner After a brief brush with fall, warm, moist weather is expected to return to Florida next week, coinciding with heightened chances for tropical storm activity in the Caribbean. A cold front this weekend is forecast to dip across...
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 San José Municipality Cancels Zapote Fair Tender: Are Year-End Festivities at Risk?

The iconic year-end celebrations in San José, Costa Rica, face mounting uncertainty after the local government officially declared the...