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- Plastic Surgery in Costa Rica - The cost of specialized surgery is sometimes as much as 50 to 60% less expensive in Costa Rica than in the United States...
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- Second homes: Living abroad never looked so good - Fri January 9, 2009|USA TODAY - Costa Rica has been one of the most popular retirement destinations for Americans abroad, and it has boomed as a choice for second homes...
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- Classic cafés - Saturday January 3, 2009|The Star -
Here’s a guide to some of the world’s best coffee-drinking establishments...
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- Escape the Economic Crisis: Move to Costa Rica - Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:24 AM -
Just Another Day in Paradise: It wasn’t until a recent trip home to the states for my best friend’s wedding, that the true weight of the U.S. economic crisis really hit me...
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- Costa Rica opens 28th National Park -Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:15:35 GMT, DPA - San Jose, Costa Rica - The Costa Rican government has declared the Los Quetzales region the country's 28th National Park....
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- Alvarion Gets $6 Million WiMAX Contract by Costa Rica's Incumbent Operator ICE - Mon | 12/29/2008 | 09:10 - Alvarion, a provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, announced that it was awarded a $6 million contract by ICE...
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- Why go to Costa Rica for medical care?
- Mon, 12/29/2008 - 09:10 -US and Costa Rican medical tourism agency Health Choices International has developed answers to perennial questions they are asked by potential customers...
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- Gisele Bundchen and the New England Patriots Odds
- Submitted by Dan Shapiro on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 10:33 - ... Star magazine reported last week the obnoxiously attractive couple plan to tie the knot in Costa Rica ...
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- Trip to Costa Rica makes a marriage
- By JOEL PISETZNER | Newhouse News Service - There's one sure way to learn whether the person you plan to marry is truly right for you: Go abroad together...
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- Costa Rica for the birds And monkeys, sloths, lizards in rainforest
- December 28, 2008 3:00 a.m. - By Doug Pardue |The Post and Courier - I’ve just plopped my luggage down at the lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest when the first yell of “macaws” goes out...
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- Friendly Costa Rica
- Sunday, December 28, 2008. - Carol Sottili | Washington Post - I’ve just plopped my luggage down at the lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest when the first yell of “macaws” goes out...
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- Pura Vida in Costa Rica
- December 27, 2008 - 6:54 PM - By John Ewoldt, Star Tribune - Terry Smith and Lisa Zweber-Smith have traveled the world, but Costa Rica stopped them in their tracks long enough to buy a second home...
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- Bush clears way for Costa Rica to join CAFTA
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:59pm EST - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush cleared the way on Tuesday for Costa Rica...
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- Rice in Panama for hemisphere trade talks
- Friday, Dec,12.2008 - PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Panama...
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- JeBlue, to fly to Costa Rica - Dec, 11, 2008, 08:48 AM - JetBlue announced plans Wednesday to begin service to Costa Rica, a route that would be the carrier's first to Central America
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- Costa Rica, Singapore start trade talks - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Dec, 2.2008, 11:07 AM - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is in Singapore to start talks on a bilateral free trade agreement.
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- Centam Coffee-US coffee roasters try growing the beans they sell - Monday, 08 December 2008 - RIO NEGRO, Costa Rica, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Some U.S. gourmet coffee roasters have come up with a new solution to the problem of guaranteeing consistent quality in beans they sell to top-end restaurants and coffee bars: buy the farm.
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- Turtle power in Costa Rica - Ostional is a four-mile stretch of black-sand beach in northwest Costa Rica. You probably haven’t heard of it – not many people have – but every year it plays host to one of the most dramatic, enormous, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping spectacles in nature.
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- Financial crisis washes up in Costa Rica - Saturday, November 29, 2008 - Suzanne Wilton and her family moved to Costa rica four months ago to escape Calgary's boom, its hectic pace and all the trappings that go along with life in a wealthy metropolis that has grown at breakneck speed.
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- China, Costa Rica develop joint rafinery plans
- Wed, Nov 19, 2008 -LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 - Costa Rica's Refinadora Costarricense de Petroleo (Recope) and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) are jointly considering plans for the construction of a refinery in the Central American country.
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- Costa Rica lowmakers approve CAFTA, president to sign - Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008 - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The country signed the accord in 2004 along with the rest of Central America, the United States and the Dominican Republic.
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- Costa Rica: Beijing's new best friend.
Monday, Nov 17, 2008

- Living "La Pura Vida"
Friday, February 8, 2008

- "The Life of Your Dreams"
Monday, January 28, 2008

- Fractional Ownership Still a New Concept
Saturday, December 15, 2007

- Construction of Road to Caldera To Begin on January 17
Thursday, December 20, 2007

- Jaco Municipality To Spend $6.6 Million In 2008
Friday, December 21, 2007

- Caribbean Recieves A Boost
Thursday, January 10, 2008

- Costa Rica Attracts New Level of Luxury Investment
Thursday | January 17 | 2008

- Costa Rica's Caribbean vibe
Mon | Dec | 1.2008 | 12:37PM - PUERTO VIEJO, Costa Rica