Driving around the world.
Nicolas Rapp camps close to Manuel Antonio national park, Costa Rica. His 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser is outfitted with a rooftop tent, fridge, stove and portable toilet. [Foto:
Trans World Expedition]
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Minister Vargas
Declares Himself A Hardliner
Marco Vargas is no stranger to the
ministerio de la Presidencia, heading that
post from 1996 to 1998 during the Figueres
Olsen administration and now getting ready
to do so for Laura Chinchilla, this time
with the challenge of small number of
Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) party
legislators and a strong opposition parties
in the Legislative Assembly.
Police Sweep Of San
José Night Clubs Finds Hiding Place For
Illegal Foreigners
The annual police sweeps of night clubs and
bars in San José was on schedule Friday
night, when a special task force descended
on a number of bars and nightclubs,
primarily looking for illegal workers, drugs
and minors.
Arias On His Way To Colombia
To Meet With Uribe
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, is off
to Colombia today to meet with his
counterpart, Alvardo Uribe.
Whatever Happened To The
Trade Deal That Was Supposed To Bring Costa
Rican Exporters To Cleveland?
Walter Casas, the steward of a Costa Rican
coffee family, is selling gourmet beans from
a stand at the lonely end of the produce
section. You can step up for a free sample
of hot coffee and leave with a pound of pure
Costa Rican, which many coffee aficionados
consider the world's finest.
Shocked And Culturally
Conflicted In Costa Rica
Before I left to study abroad in Costa Rica,
I attended several meetings where
travel-seasoned speakers looked down from
their podiums and PowerPoint presentations
to caution the wide-eyed study-abroad
applicants about culture shock.
Hope Through Stem-Cell
Treatment
Multiple sclerosis patient Mary Posta has
returned from stem-cell treatment in Costa
Rica feeling “really good.”
Presidential Challenge Brings
More Tourists To Samara Beach
(InfoWeb Press) Tourists the world over came
to Guanacaste to live to the extreme their
passion for sports fishing. The Presidential
Challenge tournament took place this past
5th, 6th and 7th of March at Samara.
The Coca-Cola Company, FEMSA
and The World Environment Center Launch
Cleaner Production Partnership in Costa Rica
The Coca-Cola Company, FEMSA and the World
Environment Center (WEC) announced today the
launch of an innovative partnership to
expand the sustainable development
commitments of Coca-Cola and FEMSA's Costa
Rican suppliers by reducing energy and water
consumption, minimizing waste and raw
material usage and lowering operating costs.
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