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Monthly Archives: February, 2015

VIDEO: First-time scuba dive in Playa Flamingo

https://vimeo.com/77523020 For every new skill, you first have to get your feet wet – especially if you’re scuba diving. There are thousands of PADI-certified divers...

Costa Rican Public Security Minister Celso Gamboa steps down

Amid rumors swarming around Casa Presidencial this week of a major shakeup in President Luis Guillermo Solís’ Cabinet, word came Tuesday that Public Security Minister Celso Gamboa would step down effective Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Costa Rica’s Solís tables Animal Welfare Bill in favor of highway construction project

Approval of Bill #18,298 — known as the Animal Welfare Bill — was scheduled for discussion by lawmakers in a full Legislative Assembly session starting this week, but it now has been postponed. President Luis Guillermo Solís on Monday evening tabled the proposal in order to prioritize passage of a construction bill for the highway between San José and San Ramón.

Mexico’s Peña Nieto asks for investigation into his mansions

MEXICO CITY – Battling favoritism accusations, Mexico's scandal-hit President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Tuesday an investigation into houses that he, his wife and his finance minister bought from government contractors.

Travel Alert: Washed-out lane on Inter-American Highway South could be fixed in four weeks

Public Works and Transport Ministry officials on Thursday will present the results of a study aimed at providing a solution to the reopening a stretch of the Inter-American Highway South that was washed out in a landslide on Jan. 29.

Honduran judges sacked for opposing 2009 coup seek reparations at Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Former Judge Guillermo López: “It’s unheard of that a high court of justice would make an effort to legitimize what had been a coup d’etat.”

4 tips to lowering your electricity cost in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s beautiful climate and natural surroundings leave little to complain about, but no place is perfect. And if there is one common complaint you’ll hear in Costa Rica, it is the increasing rates for electricity.

#ThePoliticsofReligion

Religion, it has been said, is exclusively a private matter. But it’s not. I don't mean that the state should be able to intrude on the sphere of our personal and private beliefs. But when we are outspoken about our faith or when we practice our religious rituals in public, we are engaging with other citizens, and must consider others.

Smartphone taxi service hits Costa Rica

Car service mobile apps like Uber have become one of the biggest trends in tech and transportation, and now Costa Rica has its own version: Easy Taxi. While Uber sought to disrupt traditional taxi service by contracting independent drivers with their own cars, Easy Taxi isn’t looking to disrupt the traditional car service so much as improve on it.

Beautiful home for sale or rent in Escazú, reduced from $1.1 million to $750,000

Reduced from $1,100,000 to $750,000. Email: maw@costaricarealoptions.com. Phone: + (506) 8330-6689. Bedrooms: 3.5 with additional bedroom/office. Bathrooms: 3.5

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