Festival Imperial Has Its Line Up Of ArtistsInside Costa RicaZapote, Palmares and Puntarenas have all come and gone and now it is up to the Cerveceria to heat up the summer in Costa Rica with the "Festival Imperial" on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25. The Cervecería de Costa on Monday presented its line [...]
Coast Guard adds three new boats to patrol the PacificTico TimesThe Costa Rican Coast Guard inaugurated three new patrol boats in a ceremony at the Caldera Naval base in Puntarenas on Friday. The boats, two interceptor crafts with top speeds of 93 kilometers per hour and a two-hulled catamaran donated by the …
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Ministries cooperate on policingTico TimesEnvironmental group MarViva donated this 16-meter catamaran to the Coast Guard to help patrol Isla del Coco, Costa Rica's “Treasure Island” west of Puntarenas. With almost 570000 square kilometers of maritime territory to control in a country short on …48 Costa Ricans On Interpol Wanted ListInside Costa Ricaall 14 news [...]
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December surge helps Costa Rica break tourism recordsTico TimesHotel occupancy in the Central Pacific, Guanacaste and Puntarenas hovered around 70 percent during the month of December. Last December 16000 more tourists visited Costa Rica than in December 2010. Costa Rica closed out a record-breaking year for …Costa Rica Banks Auction Off PropertiesInside Costa Ricaall [...]
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Costa Rica Earthquake 5.8 MagnitudeZ6MagThe US Geological Survey reports that the Costa Rica earthquake happened 46 miles South of San Jose, 71 miles NorthWest of Golfito, 74 miles SouthEast of Puntarenas and83 miles SouthWest of Limon. The Costa Rica earthquake was 17 miles deep, …Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Costa Rica, U.S. Survey ReportsBloombergEarthquake 5.8 Richter [...]
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This week's Calendar: Feb. 10-16Tico Times12, 5 pm, Paseo de los Turistas, Puntarenas. 8th Bilingual Job Fair: Organized by the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), Feb. 10-11, 9 am-5 pm; Feb. 12, 10 am-4 pm, La Aduana, www.cindejobfair.com. Costa Rican Classic Dancesport …
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Puntarenas Kicks Off Carnival TomorrowInside Costa RicaMusic, warmth and fun all part of one the best annual festivals in Costa Rica, the Carnavales de Puntarenas, this year called "Festival Perla del Pacifico", that kicks off tomorrow, February 10. Known as the Pearl of the Pacific, Puntarenas will again …
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Drowning in PlasticCare2.com (blog)by Joel Boyce I've been living in Central America the last few months — Costa Rica, for the most part. There have been many interesting experiences along the way, but perhaps the most significant for me is access to the ocean. The Pacific Coast is …
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Costa Rica: Latest Drug Haul Nearly 2 TonsInside Costa RicaCosta Rican authorities report on Wednesday the seizure of 1.148 kilos off three boats and another 845 kilos on a Puntarenas beach, the larges since 2006 according to the Ministerio de Seguridad Publica. Three Colombian nationals, aboard two of the …Costa Rica's Latest Drug [...]
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Costa Rica's Latest Drug Haul Tops 2 TonsLatin American Herald TribuneWhile one of the three boats confiscated was holding 1148 kilos of the drug, another 815 kilos were found on a beach in Puntarenas province, the Security Ministry said, describing the seizure as Costa Rica's largest since 2006.Authorities seize 2 tons of [...]