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ARESEP – Who Is Regulating the Regulator?
It's comforting to know that like so many other countries in the "developed world," while the President of Costa Rica calls for austerity, ...
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An Extremely Important Message For All US Citizens Living in Costa Rica, in the USA or Anywhere – Your Lifeboat Strategy!
Using an obscure legal process called "civil forfeiture," the government can seize cars, cash, bank accounts, coins, even your home. You ...
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FBI Slams Costa Rica Online Gaming Giants. Game over?
Game over? FBI shuts down three of the largest poker sites in probe that could mean the end of online gambling - and the loss of thousands ...
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Still Firing People in the USA But Still Hiring in Costa Rica – Bank of America
Reducing costs means closing branches, firing staff and encouraging customers to use lower-cost services such as ATMs and online banking, ...
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Punished Costa Rica For Not Signing Immunity Agreement
Like a mafia strongman who kneecaps you, then threatens you not to tell anyone or it will only get worse next time, the United States ...
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Excessive Salaries of a Few Public Servants
A recent report from the Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica (Contraloría General de la República) revealed the huge ...
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Wikileaks Reveals Price Paid by Costa Rica for Defying the US on International Criminal Court.
Delays in final approval of the treaty were the result of U.S. several demands placed on the Costa Rican government. One of those demands ...
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Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances
In other words, as the rest of South America pulls out of the US orbit (which I would argue ranks as a world historical event as ...
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All Costa Rica Crime Figures Lower in 2010
"There are significant downward trends. It is important that citizens know this even though there is a widespread belief that the crime is ...
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Minimum Salaries in Costa Rica 2011. Professional soccer players earn US$591 per month
Other minimum salary examples used in the comparison chart with the soccer player would include a general mechanic who earns ¢245,813 ...
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