We’re not talking about a part of the body, we are talking about the official currency of Costa Rica, the Colon. It’s pronounced coh-LOAN, by the way. And since one Colon can’t buy anybody anything, people here talk about Colones (coh-LOAN-eez). It takes a lot of nerve for a guy who never even took an
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“Laura… is the face in the misty light…” (Johnny Mercer) Well, we would seem to have a winner. The next president of Costa Rica will be Laura Chinchilla, of the PLN. According to Reuters, she ‘won a landslide victory.’ From Bloomberg: “I thank the men who helped so a daughter of Costa Rica could become
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(photo from insidecostarica.com, Jan 28, 2010) The new San Jose to Caldera highway officially opened yesterday, January 27, to lots of hoopla and protests. Since I wrote my first little flyover post on the new San Jose to Caldera highway, I have come into possession of a little more information that is worth passing on.

According to recent polls, Otto Guevara is gaining ground on Laura Chinchilla, who currently leads in the polls. In order to avoid a runoff election, one candidate need to get 40% or more of the popular vote. A recent poll conducted by La Nacion (newspaper) shows Ms. Chinchilla at 40.9%. Otto Guevara comes in second
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According to the best information I can find, and I admit it’s not official government stuff, New traffic laws and punishments are going to go into effect on March 1st of this year. I took a quick stab at trying to read the actual law on the MOPT site, but I am not up to
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A recent article in AM Costa Rica reports that Janina del Vecchio, minister of security in the Arias administration, recently made the case that crime in Costa Rica is going down, backing up her claims with statistical evidence showing a decrease in the number of murders and home invasions in the past year. Based on
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