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There’s a WAR Ship In Costa Rica!
Costa Rica was the first country in the world to formally abolish its military. However, this lack of armed forces puts Costa Rica in a paradox while regional drug gangs and cartels lawlessly traffic narcotics.
The Costa Rica government has reached out to the United States military for assistance but in light of extremely vocal opposition says the U.S. is on its shore for humanitarian purposes. What’s really going on?!
U.S. Based Developer of Costa Rica Land a Ponzi Scheme
Lorraine Fox wanted a piece of paradise; a tropical retirement home where the temperature is warm, the air is clean and the stress of South Florida is far away.
Along with hundreds of other people across the U.S., Ms. Fox entrusted that dream to Hollywood, Florida based Paragon Properties of Costa Rica. Four years and $115,000 later, the 55-year-old real estate agent has nothing to show for it.
Costa Rica Tourism Board Plugs-In to Social Media
The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) has officially joined the grid of social networking with official Costa Rica pages on facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Persons interested in Costa Rica information and updates can simply join these sites with options of receiving automatic updates.
How To Maximize Social Security for Costa Rica Retirement
Although every retiree has their own specific reasons – such as climate, beauty, nature, etc. – affordability is the one constant that brings thousands to this Central American country. For United States ‘ex-pats’, part of the financial equation is Social Security benefits.
Here is are some legal, little-known strategies that can immediately boost those U.S. Social Security checks or direct deposits.
CAPTURED! Suspects in Multiple Panama Murders
The American couple suspected of multiple homicides were detained while trying to escape this morning in the waters of the San Juan river on the Costa Rica and Nicaragua border.
William “Wild Bill” Adolfo Cortez Reese and his wife Jane Seana Cortez are suspected of killing several area foreign nationals for ‘assumption’ of their businesses and properties.
Mel Gibson’s Costa Rica Neighbors Feel “Mel-ed”
Mel Gibson owns a $25.8 million ranch that sprawls across 402 acres of the Nicoya Peninsula, near the town of Nosara on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast.
In response to Mel’s recently released profanity-filled phone calls to his ex-girlfriend, his neighbors have been adopting their very own Mel-inspired terminology that is spreading around town like wildfire.
University Science Students Explore the Underwater World of Costa Rica
University students and scientists from institutions around the world, spent seven days off the coast of Costa Rica on a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded expedition.
The team used a deep-sea manned submersible owned by the U.S. Navy called ALVIN to collect hundreds of samples from the ocean floor.
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