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  Living in Costa Rica in 2010 – Reasons to be grateful

  The first six months of 2010 are already behind us and since this has been an extraordinarily good year for publicity about Costa Rica, I ...

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  Google’s Free And Easy Online Translation Tool

  Like most on computer translations it is not 100% accurate and should never be used for crucially important translations like legal ...

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  A Gringo Doing Time In Costa Rica – Part VI Apremiados Excepcionales

  Arcilla was in because his wife had gotten a judge to award her a high amount for the child support of their daughter Abigail. The issues ...

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  Retirement In Jaco, Costa Rica – Living by the beach with free video.

  When I decided to make Costa Rica my home I traveled throughout the country to see which area would be the best fit for me. I've lived in ...

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  Some Gringos Never Learn

  Recently I had to do some work in the Del Rey Bar and Hotel in San Jose, a famous location where you can enjoy a few drinks, a meal and a ...

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  Puerto Viejo Gets A New Road! Southern Caribbean homeowners amazed and happy.

  If you have lived more then just a few months in Puerto Viejo (or probably any where else in Costa Rica) over the past 10 years, I'll bet ...

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  When Not To Ship To Costa Rica

  I'm generally known as a staunch supporter of the idea to ship your furniture and household goods rather than replace them in Costa Rica. ...

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  Salaries In Costa Rica 2010 – Private sector increase by 3.96 – 4.2%

  The raise has been approved by the Consejo Nacional de Salarios, government representatives and business owners supported the ...

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  Costa Rica Strikes Major Blow Against Organized Crime

  "The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering--a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and ...

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  A Gringo Doing Time In Costa Rica – Part V Inside

  My first day in the jail I was already up at 6am when the guards walk through and open up the gates to the bathroom/shower, the three other ...

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