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  Stepping Off The Treadmill Called Life and Start Living in Costa Rica!

  Are you one of those truly fortunate people who can genuinely, without a word of a lie, say that you're totally, 100% happy with your lot ...

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  Halloween in Costa Rica: Trick or Treat?

  Halloween is rubbing off on Costa Rica with each passing October. After all, who can resist an opportunity to be creative and get all ...

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  Government Supports Plan To Reduce Annual Rent Increase.

  Guillermo Carazo, President of the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction, assured the weekly El Financiero that people interested in ...

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  Three-Quarters Of Americans Abroad Want To Take This “Alarming” Action

  The exodus from the United States (US) has not let up, and is only picking up steam as the US economy faces further financial and economic ...

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  Fun on Lake Arenal

  We love living on the beach in Guanacaste but every now and then, it's nice to go up to Arenal lake to cool off and spend some time with my ...

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  Why the US Postal Service Turned Spy

  FATCA and similar laws have eviscerated financial privacy in the US. And last year, thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden, the world ...

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  Flying Ultralights Over Arenal Volcano and Meeting the Gods of Fire.

  After thirty minutes in the air we reach the shores of Lake Arenal. This artificial lake is 35 kilometers long and 60 meters deep in some ...

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  Costa Rica Drops In Business Index Despite Some Procedural Improvements.

  Costa Rica lost five places in the Doing Business 2015 report despite the reported advances in taking less time to do procedures with some ...

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  Who Really Owns Your Gold?

  I didn't discover what I really needed until I wrote a book about a subject every American (and citizen of the planet) needs to learn. The ...

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  Costa Rica Construction Materials Prices Rise in 2014

  This indicator, that considers 32 materials that are used directly in this type of work, fell between June of 2013 and February of 2014 ...

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