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Costa Rica News - Weekly Summary

Our thanks to La Nación - Costa Rica's largest Spanish circulation newspaper for their permission to include their weekly summary of important Costa Rica news items here for you in English...

You will find the important Costa Rica news items as featured in La Nación during the previous six weeks.

World Class Violinist Midori To Perform In San Jose's National Theatre - A 'must see' for classical music lovers.
Scott Oliver - June 2009
World Class Violinist Midori To Perform In San Jose's National Theatre - A 'must see' for classical music lovers. She is usually referred to simply as Midori. She was first taught the violin by her mother, Setsu Goto. Her mother discovered her daughter's innate musicality at the age of two, when she found Midori humming a Bach theme she had rehearsed a few days earlier. Her brother, Ryu Goto, is also a concert violinist. . . . Keep reading
Costa Rica Banks - Professional service from the 'good old days', you know like during the days of the inquisition and 'Know Your Client' regulations that would make the KGB proud.
Scott Oliver - June 2009
Remember the old days when the banks used to fight each other to get a new client? Well those days are long gone because now we have to fight - and fight hard - just to open an account and then continue fighting to keep the darned thing open. . . . Keep reading
Costa Rica Labor Laws Provides Superior Job Protection To Employees.
Scott Oliver - June 2009
Costa Rica offers a far greater level of job protection for the working man and woman than most developed nations. . . . Keep reading
Secrets To Living Happily in Costa Rica - New DVD reveals all with 14 in depth interviews.
Scott Oliver
Secrets To Living Happily in Costa Rica - New DVD reveals all with 14 in depth interviews. "If You Don't Love Where You Live Every Day, Life Is Too Short Not To Move!" Have you ever dreamed of a new life? Have you ever wished you could ask people living here if there is a secret to living happily in Costa Rica? How do people like you face the challenges of creating a new life in Costa Rica? . . . Keep reading
Never Waste a Crisis, Hustling the Swine Flu Pandemic
VIP Member Hal O'Boyle
Never Waste a Crisis, Hustling the Swine Flu Pandemic I am deeply suspicious of the trustworthiness of my government and its ability, or even its desire to protect me. My skepticism is based on the unquestionable fact that the government lies to us all the time. With that skepticism in mind, I'm also suspicious of why such a hoopla is being made of the "pandemic" of swine flu. . . . Keep reading
"Real Estate For Sale in San Jose is Limited."
La Republica Newspaper - April 2009
"Real Estate For Sale in San Jose is Limited." In summarizing the article, it speaks of how the number of new apartments and condos that are on the market in the Metropolitan Area is limited. It is estimated that only 15% of the 1,625 homes built - or about to be delivered - in the last year are still available. . . . Keep reading
Costa Rica Banks - The biggest, the most efficient and most profitable.
Scott Oliver - April 2009
Costa Rica Banks - The biggest, the most efficient and most profitable. Loans which are more than 90 days late with payments have increased but still only represent 1.7% of the total amount of credit in the Costa Rica banking system. . . . Keep reading
Historic Maps of Costa Rica - UNESCO
Historic Maps of Costa Rica - UNESCO In 1764, he published Le Petit Atlas Maritime (Small maritime atlas), a work in five volumes containing 581 maps. Nicaragua and Costa Rica, shown in this 1764 map from the second volume of the atlas, were at the time provinces of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, part of the Spanish Empire. . . . Keep reading
AHPPA in Heredia Wins International Humane Society Award in Las Vegas
VIP Member - Karin MacKinnon
AHPPA in Heredia Wins International Humane Society Award in Las Vegas One of the first things I noticed upon my arrival four months ago in Costa Rica were the dogs. So many dogs wandering the streets searching for scraps of food, some so horribly skinny that I vowed to help these creatures at the first opportunity. . . . Keep reading
Costa Rica's New Residency Law Update - Ley de Migracion y Extranjeria
Javier Zavaleta
Costa Rica's New Residency Law Update - Ley de Migracion y Extranjeria On the morning of April 23, I had a 45 minute conversation with Natalia Cordoba, the chief deputy (asesora) to Olga Marta Corrales Sanchez. Mrs. Sanchez is a member of the Costa Rican Asamblea Nacional and is the president of the Comision Permanente de Gobierno y Administracion, where the changes to the Ley de Migracion y Extranjeria were being handled. . . . Keep reading
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