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Monthly Archives: August, 2015

COD 29-10 Excellent Apartment/Condo in Escazú for sale

COD: 29-10. Email: realestate@ticotimes.net. Phone: +(506) 2258-1558

Costa Rica’s Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve still dazzles

Cabo Blanco's sheer isolation on the southernmost tip of Nicoya Peninsula makes it a secluded paradise worth visiting. So why don't more people come here?

Love takes Costa Rica, Costa Rica takes Hollywood

The movie stars Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, known for her roles in "Into the Wild" (2007) and "Mystic Rivers" (2003), alongside Oscar Jaenada Catalán, winner of a Goya for his role in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011)

University Theater, Gospel Music Festival and other happenings around Costa Rica

A roundup of events taking place August 21-28.

Public workers threaten general strike if lawmakers approve bill reducing pay

Unions leaders are threatening to call a general strike in late September or early October if lawmakers move forward with a bill that would eliminate public worker bonuses and cash incentives.

PHOTOS: Public employee unions protest in Costa Rica

Hundreds of members of public employee unions took to the streets of San José downtown on Thursday morning to protest against proposed legislation that would eliminate special job perks.

Consumer group warns of explosion danger with cooking gas cylinders

The Costa Rican Consumers Association is asking the Environment Ministry and lawmakers to ban aluminuim gas cylinders and to demand that gas companies replace them with tanks made of iron or polymer.

US prosecutors say Uber missed criminal drivers

"In Los Angeles alone, registered sex offenders, a kidnapper, identity thieves, burglars, and a convicted murderer had passed Uber’s 'industry leading' background check," the prosecutors wrote in a complaint that seeks penalties against the company.

France’s most famous white supremecist, Jean-Marie Le Pen, booted from his far-right party

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who said the Ebola virus could "solve" Europe's immigration problem, finally proved too controversial for the political party he founded.

Guantanamo should be shut before Obama leaves, says Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay should be shut down before President Barack Obama leaves office, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Thursday, saying the facility is a "rallying cry for jihadi propaganda."

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