2
Dead,
More
Evacuations
In
Costa
Rica
Heavy
rains
have
triggered
floods
and
have
forced
evacuations
in
seven
cantons
in
the
provinces
of
Limón
and
Cartago
and
responsible
for
two
deaths.
A
different
kind
of
scandal
is
currently
affecting
the
administration
of
Laura
Chinchilla
with
the
firing
of a
ranking
government
official,
this
time
though
not
for
corruption,
but rather
for
being
what
some
would
call
an idiot
for
the
publication
of
an
intimate
video.
(See
the
video
here)
Costa
Rica's
Farmers
Take
To
The
Streets
Today
Just
when
you
thought
it
was
OK
to
go
back
to
San
José
today
following
yesterday's
protest
by
ICE
workers,
farmers
and
ranchers
will
take
to
the
streets
today.
75%
Of
Costa
Ricans
Believe
The
Government
is
Corrupt
A
survey
by
Unimer
for
La
Nacion
reveals
that
three
out
four
Costa
Ricans
believe
the
government
is
corrupt
and
more
than
half
-
53%
-
rate
the
work
of
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
as
"bad".
Frustrated
U.S.
Poker
Players
Welcomed
in
Costa
Rica
Playa
Jacó,
Costa
Rica
-
From
his
oceanfront
balcony,
Tyler
Forrester
glanced
out
at
the
Pacific
surf
on
the
beach.
Palm
trees
rustled
in
the
breeze.
“Tough
life
I’m
living,"
Forrester
said,
cackling
at
his
own
humor.
How
To
Waste
¢1.5
billion
Colones?
Well,
the
city
of
Alajuela
has
a jump
on
this.
The
city
will
now
have
to
spend
more
money
to
remove
the
paving
stones
it
spent
¢1.5
billion colones
to
install
and
all
for
lack
of
maintenance.
Costa Rica Not Only For Adventure Junkies Gliding weightlessly through a white tunnel with the view obscured by a soft, billowing mist must surely be what it feels like to die.
Can
You
Ever
Be
Friends
With
Your
Ex?
•
Does
it
have
to
be
all-or-nothing?
In
most
relationships,
the
time
to
say
goodbye
usually
arrives
at
one
point
or
another
--
unless
you
never
intend
to
walk
down
the
aisle,
of
course
(and
even
then...).
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