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Families That Eat Together, Stay Together
For most Americans a family meal anymore is a rare occasion saved for special occasions and holidays, but in Costa Rica it's still common ...
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Cost Of Living – They like to blame it on Costa Rica.
I have heard so many complaints about the inflation in Costa Rica with many expats blaming the Costa Rican government and/or the Banco ...
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River Tsunami – “It is a miracle that no one died…”
As they were on the approach to the bridge that spans the Rio Atirro, two Nicaraguan men (coffee workers from a neighbor's coffee farm) ...
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Banks in Costa Rica – The majority are very stable and solid.
Banco Nacional, Banco de Costa Rica and Citibank did not agree to provide their exact figures however, Banco General, Cathay, Popular, ...
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Costa Rica Construction Falls By 5%
A CFIA press release discusses building stability during the first half of 2011: "Access to credit, investment in public infrastructure and ...
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Attrition
The economic model of the "Developed" nations on this planet is based upon a single overriding premise. This premise is, in a word, ...
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Counting Our Blessings Retired in Costa Rica
On the reverse side of the immigration coin, those who want to leave are also having a hard time. I've often read articles on ...
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Crime in Costa Rica. Murders down 18 per cent in first five months of 2011
The province with the largest number of homicides continues to be San Jose, which accounts for about 40 percent of the cases, followed by ...
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Applying For A New US Passport? With this new proposed form, submit a birth certificate like Obama’s and you won’t get a new passport!
If you're adopted, were born at home with a midwife or can't remember every single job you have ever had and can't write down the addresses ...
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Learning Spanish – Embarrassed? Or Pregnant in Costa Rica?
I have never dated an English speaking lady and only a few of my investment clients spoke English so, in the ten years of living in Costa ...
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