Costa Rica is not an island as many think that it is. It is located in Central America, Costa Rica has coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. The tropical coastal plains rise to mountains, active volcanoes, and a temperate central plateau where most people live (San José, the capital, is here). The only [...]
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The day after the earthquake El Diario put 2 very graphic photographs on the front page of their newspaper. These pictures were very disturbing to say the least. The first picture was workers pulling from the mud two children and their mother buried under tons of dirt and mud. This is not the first time [...]
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Unfortunately Costa Rica is not without con men even in the face of tragedy. The national emergency commission is warning unsuspecting people that con men are soliciting donations in the name of the earthquake victims. The commission urges that all donations be sent to the bank accounts listed below as receiving funds for quake victims. [...]
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Officials at the MOPT state that they are going to reject driver license applicants whose medical report does not include the drivers blood type and a don’t stipulate they want to be an organ donor or not. The medical report (dictamen) is completed by a private doctor. Many of these doctors (dozens of them within [...]
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The aftermath of the record setting 6.2 earthquake has left as many as 225 homes unsafe to live in. Many of these homes were flattened and the ones that did not slide down the side of a mountain may before too long. The current count of dead is 18 but there are as many as [...]
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You might have already seen the news in the states or maybe you read the paper online like I do, or you were there when the big one hit. Whichever of these you fall under, Thursday was a very memorable day in Costa Rica. There was an incredibly strong (6.2) earthquake that made the world [...]
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I have received many emails over the years from readers of my blogs who are interested in moving to Costa Rica from the US or other ‘developed’ countries’. Here are some tips that I picked up from years of actual cross-cultural communications as well as first-hand experience. 1. Be informed (Know) before you go. Read! [...]
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FINALLY….United States President George Bush issued a proclamation Tuesday to implement the Central American Free Trade Treaty with Costa Rica. This was the last action necessary to bring the agreement into force Jan. 1, 2009. Certification was a Christmas present for many in Costa Rica. Costa Rica notified Washington earlier that all was prepared here [...]
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