OregonLive.com
Meet the sloths at Costa Rica's Sloth Sanctuary, where the mellow mammals are …OregonLive.comBy Richard Read, The Oregonian Costa Rican sanctuary saves sloths On Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, a sloth orphanage treats injured animals and, when possible, returns them to the wild. It's become a popular attraction where tourists can learn about …
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The Costa Rica News
Expats can help Costa Rica's Green PartyThe Costa Rica NewsFor a nation that prides itself on the beauty of its environment and the diversity of its ecological heritage, Costa Rica has been remarkably slow in joining the “green” movement, which for several decades has been taking root around the world. …
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Tico Times
Costa Rica's 2011 Personalities Of The Year UnveiledInside Costa RicaRicardo Antonio La Volpe, the Argentinian who was to have brought dignity and respect to Costa Rica's national soccer team, only to be fired. Johel Araya, leader of the failed La Reforma prison breakout. Araya, one of Costa Rica's notorious criminals …The strike is over: [...]
Maintaining And Lowering Traffic Fatalities Goal of Costa Rica's Traffic PoliceInside Costa RicaThis week on the carretera (some like to call it an autopista) General Cañas, the busiest road in Costa Rica and with two traffic camera locations, police officials were spotted in many sections of the route between La Sabana and the airport. …
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Inside Costa Rica
Costa Rica's ICE Has CompetitionInside Costa RicaThe commercial launch of the two networks marks the end of a 17 year of cellular monopoly by state-owned Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and for the first time in Costa Rica, consumers have a choice of operator and choice of a variety of …Movistar starts mobile [...]
Tico Times
ExpoVino toasts Costa Rica's growing wine cultureTico TimesIn Vino Veritus: Costa Rica's taste for wine is growing, as evidenced by the recent ExpoVino trade show. A sommelier from Argentine winery Luigi Bosca pours a sumptuous glass of red wine during this year's ExpoVino Costa Rica, held Oct. 27-28 at Hotel …The Hungry Traveler: Costa [...]
Tico Times
Costa Rica's rainy season surprisingly dryTico TimesThe rainiest months of the Costa Rican year are September and October. According to the National Meteorology Institute (IMN), the two months average 22.5 meters of rain, meaning a daily afternoon downpour is usually on tap. Yet during the final week of …
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Tico Times
Report reveals Costa Rica's leatherback turtles in troubleTico TimesOn the Pacific side of Costa Rica, leatherbacks can be found throughout the coast. Playa Grande in Baulas National Park in the northwest province of Guanacaste supports a major nesting colony. The leatherbacks that nest on the northern Caribbean coast …Why turtles' tale may not have [...]
Inside Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Drug Police PCD Dismantles Network That Shipped Drugs Tourist AreasInside Costa RicaThe Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD) – Drug Control Police – broke up a gang suspected of distributing drugs in the tourist areas of Puntarenas and Guanacaste. In total there were 7 raods, 2 of them in Tirrases de [...]
Tourism Review
COSTA RICA'S VOLCANOES – THE MOUNTAINS OF FIRETourism ReviewIn the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica you will find three active volcanoes. Rincon de La Viejo (The Corner of the Old Lady) is connected with an old legend. The Guatuso Indians of this region believed there was an old witch who lived at the top [...]