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¡Felicitaciones! Laura Chinchilla - Costa Rica's President Elect

By frog on February 07, 2010 | Comments 0

¡Felicitaciones! Laura Chinchilla – Costa Rica’s President Elect

Today, February 7, 2010 Costarricenses literally celebrated democracy as its citizens enthusiastically went to polls and voted for the next president of the Republic of Costa Rica.

During the entire day cars and people paraded through the streets waving flags representing their candidates of choice.
Once the polls closed, parks filled with citizens celebrating the election and [...]

Fox News Takes a Costa Rica Medical Vacation

By frog on February 06, 2010 | Comments 0

Fox News Takes a Costa Rica Medical Vacation

Colonoscopy in Costa Rica: Fox 2 Detroit weather man turns medical tourist to save thousands.
Fox 2 television meteorologist Chris Edwards recently traveled to Costa Rica for fun in the sun, tree gliding and… a colonoscopy.
Knowing he needed this medical examination, Edwards browsed around Metro Detroit and found it could cost him as much as $7,000 [...]

North Dakota Tourists Narrowly Escape Costa Rica Bridge Fireball

By frog on February 05, 2010 | Comments 0

North Dakota Tourists Narrowly Escape Costa Rica Bridge Fireball

Costa Rica and Potholes
Costa Rica is as famous for its monkeys, beaches, volcanoes and hot springs as it is for its “potholes”.
Normal driving in Costa Rica includes cars and trucks weaving along narrow roadways, often times crossing into oncoming lanes of traffic, in attempts at avoiding potholes – or at least just trying to choose [...]

Online Videos add Humor to Costa Rica Presidential Elections

By frog on February 03, 2010 | Comments 0

Online Videos add Humor to Costa Rica Presidential Elections

The Costa Rican Presidential elections are this Sunday, February 7, 2010. Many Costa Ricans are expressing their concerns regarding the candidates and the future of their country through the use of age-old parody and humor by way of modern online videos.

First, we have an online video uploaded by El Basureo where they propose an [...]

Heredia Hospital, Costa Rica's Newest Modern Public Medical Facility

By frog on February 02, 2010 | Comments 1

Heredia Hospital, Costa Rica’s Newest Modern Public Medical Facility

A new landmark for residents and visitors to Heredia sits in the sun on 11 hectares (27 acres) only 400 meters south of the 117-year-old obsolete Hospital San Vicente de Paúl that has long outlived its usefulness.
The new Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) public Hospital de Heredia San Vicente de Paúl is a gleaming [...]

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Costa Rica's San José to Caldera Pacific Highway now Open

Costa Rica’s San José to Caldera Pacific Highway now Open

The Costa Rica government officially opened the new Autopistas del Sol San José to Caldera Pacific highway on January 28th, 2010 … 3 months ahead of schedule; but only after 30+ years of planning, stops, starts, controversy and perseverance.
Posted speed limits on the new autopista range from 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per [...]

January 30, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Paralysis Leads Arizona Boy to Costa Rica for Stem-Cell Treatment

Paralysis Leads Arizona Boy to Costa Rica for Stem-Cell Treatment

Six-year-old Shaun Doss lost the use of his legs when a red-light runner going nearly 50 mph T-boned his family’s truck in south Chandler in 2007.
Shaun’s father, Robert, and mother, Michelle, believe there is a controversial, $50,000 stem-cell procedure that can restore some feeling to his legs, perhaps even allow him to walk again. And [...]

January 29, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Costa Rica Remains an Environmental Index Leader as U.S. Falls

Costa Rica Remains an Environmental Index Leader as U.S. Falls

A new ranking of the world’s nations by environmental performance puts some of the globe’s largest economies far down the list, with the United States sinking to 61st and China to 121st.
In the 2008 version of the Environmental Performance Index, compiled every two years by a consortium between Yale University and Columbia University researchers; Costa [...]

January 28, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

A Night at the Del Rey – Costa Rica’s Most inFamous Hotel

A Night at the Del Rey – Costa Rica’s Most inFamous Hotel

It’s not nearly as famous as Amsterdam in this regard, but prostitution is legal in Costa Rica and the country has become quite a big destination for sex tourism – despite the Costa Rica government’s own efforts to discourage its promotion and growth.
Michael Paladin is an expat living in Central America who for the benefit [...]

January 27, 2010 | frog | Comments 7

Starbucks Buying Less Costa Rica Coffee

Starbucks Buying Less Costa Rica Coffee

Costa Rican growers report lower coffee sales to Starbucks; suspect U.S. coffee giant is trimming inventories due to reduced retail sales.
U.S. coffee giant Starbucks Corp. has reduced its purchases of Costa Rican coffee this year, the head of the Central American nation’s coffee association said on January 25, 2010.
The company, which is known for paying [...]

January 26, 2010 | frog | Comments 3

Rutgers GREEN Team Students Studied Renewable Energy in Costa Rica

Rutgers GREEN Team Students Studied Renewable Energy in Costa Rica

The dreams of Rutgers University’s Global Renewable Energy Education Network Team (GREEN Team) transformed into reality over winter break when their renewable energy program in Costa Rica launched its pilot session.
Students landed at the San Jose airport on January 5, 2010 and spent 12 days learning and applying renewable energy ideas, enjoying the environment and [...]

January 26, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

T. Rex Dinosaur "Sue" Revisits Costa Rica's Jurassic Park

T. Rex Dinosaur “Sue” Revisits Costa Rica’s Jurassic Park

The Chicago Field Museum’s Tyrannosaurus Rex named “Sue” is visiting Costa Rica.
Which is kind of ironic; considering the famous Jurassic Park film centers on the fictional Isla Nublar (Spanish for “Cloudy Island”), 190 kilometers (120 miles) off the coast of Costa Rica – yet Sue was discovered in the U.S. State of North Dakota.
“The largest, [...]

January 25, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

One Third of Costa Rican Children Live in Poverty

One Third of Costa Rican Children Live in Poverty

Children represent 32% of the poor in Costa Rica; limited opportunities for single mothers among causes.
One third of Costa Rican children under age 12, almost 300,000 in all, live in poverty according to government figures published January 25, 2010 by the local press in the Costa Rica, San José capital.
Statistics from the “State of the [...]

January 25, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Last-Ditch Leftwing Alliance to 'Save' Costa Rica from a Conservative Presidency

Last-Ditch Leftwing Alliance to ‘Save’ Costa Rica from a Conservative Presidency

Political forces on the left in Costa Rica have formed a partial last-minute alliance to support Ottón Solís, the presidential candidate for the center-left Citizen’s Action Party (PAC, Partido Acción Ciudadana), in a bid to counter the conservative lead that the polls predict for the upcoming Feb. 7, 2010 national presidential election.
The governing National Liberation [...]

January 23, 2010 | frog | Comments 2

Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Opens in Costa Rica

Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Opens in Costa Rica

Cisco® Systems Inc. announced the creation of the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute in Costa Rica to help small and medium business entrepreneurs improve their business skills and learn how to use information and collaboration technologies.
The Entrpreneur Institute’s courses are based on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and important business leaders, combined with the practical knowledge acquired [...]

January 22, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

A Tale of Three Different Caribbean Countries

A Tale of Three Different Caribbean Countries

One of the happiest countries on the planet shows that protecting biodiversity has a lot to do with wellbeing
HAPPINESS IS a state of mind, but if it were a place, it might well be the central American republic of Costa Rica. Located just a few hundred miles west of the benighted Haiti, Costa Rica is [...]

January 21, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Blogger Receives National Culture Award for Journalism in Costa Rica

Blogger Receives National Culture Award for Journalism in Costa Rica

Alternative media is taking important steps in Costa Rica. The 2009 Pío Viquez National Award for Journalism (Premio Nacional de Periodismo Pío Víquez) was granted this year to Cristian Cambronero for his achievements in alternative journalism.
Cristian has been publishing his blog Fusil de Chispas since 2005 encouraging the participation of readers on topics from politics [...]

January 20, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Colorado MS Patient to Receive Stem-Cell Treatments in Costa Rica

Colorado MS Patient to Receive Stem-Cell Treatments in Costa Rica

Multiple sclerosis will have to try harder to get the best of Mary Posta. Thanks to an outpouring of donations in the past 10 months, the 59-year-old Ridgway, Colorado woman is slated to receive adult stem-cell treatments at a clinic in Costa Rica in the hopes of stalling symptoms of her disease.
“Everything has been [...]

January 14, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

EARTH University - Carbon Neutral, Sustainable and Bananas Over Paper

EARTH University – Carbon Neutral, Sustainable and Bananas Over Paper

EARTH University in Costa Rica opened in 1990 as a private, non-profit international institution dedicated to education, research and the generation of value through production, transformation and commercialization activities centered around agricultural sciences and the rational management of natural resources.
Officially named Universidad E.A.R.T.H. (Escuela de Agricultura de la Region Tropical Humeda), EARTH University’s 990 acre [...]

January 13, 2010 | frog | Comments 0

Be Nude in Costa Rica ... Mi Amor!

Be Nude in Costa Rica … Mi Amor!

Tourism businesses have responded to the global economic crisis in different ways. Some have offered discounts and package deals, while others have worked hard to establish themselves as “green” or eco-friendly in arguably the most heavily marketed eco-tourism destination in the world – Costa Rica.
For Buddy and Cindy Booker, the answer for their own hotel’s [...]

January 12, 2010 | frog | Comments 0