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 [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
COPA TICA 2012…COSTA RICA DH CUPPinkbike.com… one track that definitively will be the breaking point of the series, that will then travel to the community of Monteverde, Puntarenas, specifically in the Hotel El Establo that holds a track within its forest to close the COPA TICA on April 22nd.
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Construction Permits Up In 2011Inside Costa Rica2011 was a good year for the construction industry in Costa Rica, as the sector saw an increase of 15% in the building permits in terms of square metres. The largest growth was in the province of Cartago, followed by Alajuela and San José.
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Panamanian Prices Stifle Stores In Costa Rica's Southern ZoneInside Costa RicaA can of Sardimar light tuna packed in water sells for only $1.25 (about 638 colones) at Jerusalen Mall but in Ciudad Neily goes for a hefty 1729 colones in Costa Rica. The Sardimar plant is in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Even gasoline is [...]
Participants for Costa Rica Summer Trip Being SoughtWakulla.comThe deadline to sign up for a summer trip to tropical Costa Rica is March 4, 2012. Sign up before it's too late! This summer trip is led by Bob Wallace, an experienced traveler and teacher at Wakulla High School through the tour company Explorica. …
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Costa Rica denies Canadian firm right to resume miningAFPSAN JOSE — Costa Rican officials Wednesday nixed a resumption of mining by Metales Procesados MRW, a subsidiary of Canadian-owned B2Gold, at a site that collapsed back in 2007. A technical-environmental body in the environment ministry said plans for …and more »
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