Meet Costa Rica http://www.meetcostarica.com Costa Rica Travel Resources Sat, 19 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cycling-Amador takes Costa Rica's first Giro win http://www.meetcostarica.com/cycling-amador-takes-costa-ricas-first-giro-win/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/cycling-amador-takes-costa-ricas-first-giro-win/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000 MeetCostaRica http://www.meetcostarica.com/cycling-amador-takes-costa-ricas-first-giro-win/ Cycling-Amador takes Costa Rica's first Giro win

Andrey Amador earned himself a niche in cycling's history books on Saturday when he claimed Costa Rica's first ever stage win in the Giro d'Italia in a tough mountain stage, while a late surge by Ryder Hesjedal recaptured the overall lead for the Canadian.

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EDMONTON – An irresistible challenge presented itself when I surfed the web just before my second hip operations in December. “Conquer the volcano and help the Canadian Diabetes Association,” it read. My heart raced when I discovered that a fundraising hike up the 1,916-metre (6,286-foot) Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica was planned. [...]

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The last few years have shown an increase in Costa Rican film production, with titles like “El regreso”, “El sanatorio” and “A ojos cerrados” becoming box office hits and earning warm responses from audiences and national critics alike; however, for every movie that gets its chance in the spotlight, many other Costa Rican productions go [...]

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The opportunity to learn more about where we fit into the vastness of the cosmos is under threat from shortsighted decision makers who have politicized science. For much of the 20th century, governments around the world wanted to boldly go where no man had gone before. More recently, though, austerity budgets around the world and [...]

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]]> http://www.meetcostarica.com/extraterrestrial-intelligence-the-search-gets-harder/feed/ 0 The Figueres Family led Costa Rica’s Revolution, and Now its Green Revolution http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-figueres-family-led-costa-rica%e2%80%99s-revolution-and-now-its-green-revolution/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-figueres-family-led-costa-rica%e2%80%99s-revolution-and-now-its-green-revolution/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000 The Costa Rica News http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-figueres-family-led-costa-rica%e2%80%99s-revolution-and-now-its-green-revolution/ The Figueres Family led Costa Rica’s Revolution, and Now its Green Revolution

As the Bonn climate talks begin, John Vidal speaks to former president José María Figueres about Costa Rica’s journey towards sustainability Say the name Figueres in Costa Rica and it’s bound to get a reaction. José “Don Pepe” Figueres led the 1948 revolution, was president three times, nationalised the banks and gave women and black [...]

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When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) finds a strange woman’s picture, while on duty in Iraq, he realizes that by holding on to the pic he seems to survive when others around him don’t. “These things don’t just happen” says an unnamed extra before being blown up to pieces and finally convincing Logan that [...]

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]]> http://www.meetcostarica.com/%e2%80%9cthe-lucky-one%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 The Blackest of the Black Sheep http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-blackest-of-the-black-sheep/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-blackest-of-the-black-sheep/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:05 +0000 The Costa Rica News http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-blackest-of-the-black-sheep/ The Blackest of the Black Sheep

It’s a paradox, but the more things break down, the more people cling to old forms, and the greater the pressure to conform to them. As the black sheep of my family, I know how destructive the demand of conformity can be. I didn’t need a tattoo to be a non-conformist, since my non-conformity wasn’t [...]

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]]> http://www.meetcostarica.com/the-blackest-of-the-black-sheep/feed/ 0 Trinity Senior Who Left Costa Rica Despite Judge's Order Will Graduate http://www.meetcostarica.com/trinity-senior-who-left-costa-rica-despite-judges-order-will-graduate/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/trinity-senior-who-left-costa-rica-despite-judges-order-will-graduate/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:53:40 +0000 MeetCostaRica http://www.meetcostarica.com/trinity-senior-who-left-costa-rica-despite-judges-order-will-graduate/ Trinity Senior Who Left Costa Rica Despite Judge's Order Will Graduate

Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page A Trinity College senior who left Costa Rica despite a judge's order seven weeks after a spring break accident there is going to graduate Sunday.

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]]> http://www.meetcostarica.com/trinity-senior-who-left-costa-rica-despite-judges-order-will-graduate/feed/ 0 Costa Rica Architectural Firm Is Building Energy Efficient Homes To Combat Rising Electricity Rates http://www.meetcostarica.com/costa-rica-architectural-firm-is-building-energy-efficient-homes-to-combat-rising-electricity-rates/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/costa-rica-architectural-firm-is-building-energy-efficient-homes-to-combat-rising-electricity-rates/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:03:33 +0000 MeetCostaRica http://www.meetcostarica.com/costa-rica-architectural-firm-is-building-energy-efficient-homes-to-combat-rising-electricity-rates/ Costa Rica Architectural Firm Is Building Energy Efficient Homes To Combat Rising Electricity Rates

As electricity rates are rising in Costa Rica, luxury design build firm, Sarco Architects, is building “Green” homes. Their concern for the clients’ electricity bill is only matched by their desire to protect the environment.(PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Anyone living in Costa Rica will tell you that the cost of electricity is high. The Costa Rica Star recently reported that CNFL customers can expect to …

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]]> http://www.meetcostarica.com/costa-rica-architectural-firm-is-building-energy-efficient-homes-to-combat-rising-electricity-rates/feed/ 0 Another resignation hits Costa Rica's cabinet http://www.meetcostarica.com/another-resignation-hits-costa-ricas-cabinet/ http://www.meetcostarica.com/another-resignation-hits-costa-ricas-cabinet/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 02:30:06 +0000 MeetCostaRica http://www.meetcostarica.com/another-resignation-hits-costa-ricas-cabinet/ Another resignation hits Costa Rica's cabinet

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica's justice minister, Hernando Paris, stepped down on Tuesday citing personal reasons, the fifth cabinet member of President Laura Chinchilla's cabinet to leave post this year. Paris, who also served in the ministry under Chinchilla's predecessor, Oscar Arias, announced his departure on Facebook five days ago. "I have reached my personal goals as well as the …

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