Written by Mireille
Hire a lawyer to streamline the residency application process in Costa Rica.
Getting your residency is Costa Rica may sound like a tour de force, almost impossible if you listen to some people. Indeed, it is sometimes whispered about in some dark corner, as if the majority thought they were too guilty of some mysterious crime to obtain it!
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Written by Erin R
The Costa Rica Electricity Institute Lost Its Monopoly Rights with Approval of CAFTA Law.
After months of protests, parades, and arguments that could end friendships, Costa Rica voted in favor of approving TLC, the Tratado de Libre Comercio, known in English as CAFTA, the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Since then, the Legislature has debated the laws necessary to fully enact the TLC. Among the several points of contention were ICE and RACSA (the Costa Rican Electricity Institute, and Costa Rican Radio-Graphics, Inc.), which until now have had a monopoly over all Costa Rican telecommunications.
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Written by Erin R
The Jaco Art Festival will start next Saturday.
On May 24, the festivities begin in Jacó, as the first Festival de las Artes Audiovisuales de Garabito (Garabito Audiovisual Arts Festival) kicks off. The 9-day long program continues in a national campaign to promote culture and the arts, arriving on the heels of the 11th International Arts Festival and the Urban Arts Festival, both hosted in San José.
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Written by Claire
Britney Spears to Visit Costa Rica this Weekend with Mel Gibson.
Britney Spears, accompanied by her father Jamie Spears, left in a flight for Costa Rica at 9am this morning to visit the 400-acre property owned by Mel Gibson in Guanacaste. Gibson and Spears were spotted together in March at the Romanov Russian Restaurant and Lounge in Studio City California where they dined for over an hour.
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Written by Claire
Water Prices May Soon Be Added to the List of Cost of Living Increases in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica’s Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) has asked the Public Services Regulating Authority (Aresep) to approve a 19% increase in the price of water for its customers. In Costa Rica, that could mean an increase of $2 per month for the average family that consumes about 22 cubic meters of water, totaling about $13/month for water.
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Written by Claire
Currently boats in the Playa del Coco bay must set anchor offshore.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute traveled to Playa del Coco in Guanacaste to evaluate plans for the construction of a marina in the area. The project has already been approved by the Interinstitutional Commission on Tourist Marinas and Docks and is waiting approval by the Carrillo Town Council to receive the necessary concession.
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Written by Mireille
Horns, dogs and roosters are the culprits of most noise pollution in Costa Rica.
Since I have been here for over 16 years, the list has had time to grow, not only from my own observation and experience; this is a list of general characteristics that I found a lot of people have mentioned, and there are consistently always the same problems.
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Written by Mireille
Before Buying a Used Car in Costa Rica, Check the Availability of Spare Parts.
If you came to live in Costa Rica and decided that the public transport is too restrictive for you, then you are going to need a car. The next question will be whether you are going to buy a new or a used car. This is quicker to answer than you think…
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Written by Claire
Costa Rica will plan 7 million trees in 2008.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has called for a national plan of action and a national agenda that would reduce the causes provoking one of the major problems facing humanity today: global warming. The plan calls for planning seven million trees each year, the promotion of eco-friendly homes in the country, and the continued promise that Costa Rica will become the first carbon-neutral country in the world by 2010, among other things. Arias, along with Minister of Energy and the Environment Roberto Dobles, also hopes to make Costa Rica a world leader in the defense of natural resources and biodiversity.
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Written by Mireille
The View from the Puntarenas - Paquera Ferry.
Considering that tourism is the main source of income of the country, one wonders sometimes, what is going on! If you want to go to the southern tip of Nicoya, you need to take the ferry in Puntarenas. The drive from San Jose should not take more than two hours at a steady pace. You will then find yourself in the worst part of Puntarenas; it can be a shock, even if you are prepared! The poverty is present everywhere. It has the look, smell and feel of having been abandoned forever.
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