Written by Keyea
Sugar Cane Will Be the Major Source For Costa Rica’s New Alternative Fuel.
The entire Central American country of Costa Rica, known for its diverse wildlife and strikingly peaceful landscape, is doing all that it can to help preserve the beauty for the generations [and tourists] to come. President Oscar Arias has vowed to have the whole country Carbon free by 2011 and Costa Rican citizens are doing everything they can to help achieve the rather ambitious goal. The newest endeavor involves a country-wide move to BioFuels.
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Filed under: Costa Rica News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
Written by Claire Saylor
The Costa Rica government Shortens Driving Restrictions Announced Monday.
The Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) announced today, July 9, that the driving restrictions for cars in San Jose would be reduced to a period of 13 hours rather than the 24 hour period that was originally announced to begin today. Now, according to the last number of the license plate, the majority of private vehicles will be restricted from driving in the urban center from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.
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Filed under: Costa Rica News on July 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
Written by Erin R
Controversial Costa Rican Artwork will be on Display at the Galeria Nacional in San Jose.
On July 8, the rooms of the Galería Nacional, housed in San José’s Children’s Museum, filled up with artwork from 53 Costa Rican artists. The works are meant to spark conversation and debate on the current path of Costa Rica Art, and do so by challenging art lovers with unique, thought-provoking works.
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Written by Erin R
What Do 2.5 Tons of Cocaine Look Like? Ask the Costa Rican Coast Guard!
Costa Rica’s geographical location between Colombia and the United States has earned it the unsavory position of being a stop-over for drugs on their way north. This unwanted role has not been taken lightly by Costa Rican authorities, who struggle each day to impede all drug trade passing through Costa Rica. In the latest of such events, on July 9, anti-drug authorities seized 2,520 kilos (5,556 pounds, or 2.8 tons) of cocaine off of the country’s Pacific coast.
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Written by Erin R
Costa Rica’s Newest National Park will Protect the Resplendent Quetzal.
Costa Rica, one of the world’s most ecologically-friendly countries, is covered in biological reserves, national parks, wildlife refuges, and forest reserves. In fact, with almost 3 million acres classified as such, more than 25 percent of Costa Rica’s entire landmass is protected by law. Adding to the growing area, 4,117 hectares (more than 10,000 acres) of Los Santos moors, located San Jose province’s Dota canton, have just been classified as a national park.
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Written by Claire Saylor
Mike’s Engaging Photos Helped Him to Become our 2nd Monthly Winner.
Costa Rica Pages is pleased to announce that Mike is the second monthly winner for our Travel Writing Contest. His witty account of a 9-day Costa Rica vacation takes readers from the city to the mountains and back again, all while noting some of the eccentric qualities of the country with astute scrutiny.
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Filed under: Travel on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
Written by Erin R
Driving Restrictions in Costa Rica to be Lengthed.
Just over two weeks ago, Costa Rica adjusted to a new law of the road: Placa y Pico, which determines driving restrictions based on license plate (placa) during rush hour (hora pico). As of tomorrow, the law’s nickname would be better changed to merely Placa, as restrictions will now extend to the entire day.
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Written by Erin R
The Liberia Airport Must Respond to its Growing Number of Arrivals and Departures.
As Guanacaste tourism grew, its capital, Liberia, responded with the construction of its own international airport. Now, just over ten years after its completion, the airport is in need of renovations to help it accommodate the several thousand Costa Rica flights that taxi its runways each year. Unfortunately, recent developments indicate that the airport’s expansion will not be completed by the end of 2009, but rather in early 2010.
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Filed under: Costa Rica News on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
Written by Mireille
A Popular Puntarenas Beach will Be Getting Some Love and Attention From the ICT.
Soon tourists will be able to relax on one of Costa Rica’s most traditional beaches; the Playa Doña Ana, in Puntarenas, is getting a face lift. Reconstruction work and maintenance, under the surveillance of the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), began some weeks ago.
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Written by Erin R
A Hole in This Pipeline Caused a 4-Day Water Shortage for 500,000 Costa Ricans.
For four days, between 400,000 and 500,000 eastern San José residents suffered without water for basics like showers and cooking. The cause of their suffering was a broken water pipe in Orosi, which took the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewer Systems (AyA) four working days fix in order to restore water to all affected residents and businesses.
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Filed under: Travel on July 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
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