According to the spin in AM Costa Rica, this will be the Chinchilla Administrations ‘defining moment,’ much as the CAFTA/TLC trade agreement was for President Oscar Arias. It’s so early in her administration that I can’t say this will be THE defining moment, but it is certainly important. For those of us who are old
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Somewhere this weekend (Aug 6… 2010) there will be a big ‘exposition’ featuring a hall filled with exhibitors who hope to entice potential buyers to take a look at their presentations and possibly buy something. I will be out of the country for a while, though I suppose I could go tomorrow for a few
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Well, not exactly. Expatcostarica and I (NoCalRefugee) have split usexpatcostarica.com into two separate blogs. Nocalcostarica will be my writings and Expatcostarica will be on the old site. The reasons behind this are so esoteric and boring I won’t bother you with it. At any rate, I hope you’ll bookmark this page and come see what
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Here I go again… It doesn’t take much to get me started. This time it was a video produced by Teletica Channel 7. For those who are less than fluent in Spanish, I’ll provide a few translated highlights: According to the latest data found in 2002, 115 thousand child workers were reported, 55 thousand are
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Last week, before the current rains hit, I persuaded a friend to take a trip down the new highway between San Jose and Caldera, as far as the turnoff to Jaco, at least (where we were headed). He agreed to drive and at about 11 am on Wed. May 19 we headed out to check
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Rant warning! Danger! Danger! I came across something in one of the local English language media outlets, did a little sniffing around, and found an article in the Dallas Times about an outreach program sponsored by Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo. The resort is offering room discounts for those who participate in
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