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Perez Zeledon community Christmas party – December 21st

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:48:29 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com Carol Vaughn Carol Vaughn is an Inside Costa Rica Community Reporter covering Perez Zeledon. Carol Vaughn holds a Master’s Degree in Performing Arts and is retired from a career as a tap dancer and teacher. She moved to Costa Rica two years ago from Washington, DC, and settled into a […]

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COYOTE’S: San Isidro’s Newest Bar and Hang-Out Spot

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:38:00 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com December 12th, 2014 – Perez Zeledon’s newest watering hole, Coyote’s opened three weeks ago on the main drag of Perez, Calle del Comercio, 50 meters south of the Complejo Cultural, on the second floor, overlooking our central district. They are open every day, 11AM-2:30AM, and feature an over-stocked bar, great bar […]

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Memorial service for boyfriend of Ann Bender planned for Saturday

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:15:57 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com Editor’s Note: This story is about the death of Gregory Fischer, who had been dating Ann Bender after the death of her husband. For all of over coverage of the multiple Ann Bender murder trials in Costa Rica please click here. December 5th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) On November 16, 2014, Gregory David […]

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Is there a Tico-made electric car in your future? There just might be

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:52:02 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com By Carol Vaughn, ICR Community Reporter for Perez Zeledon November 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Just when you thought that Costa Rica’s beaches, rainforests, exotic animals, and peace-loving people might be the most magical things you’ve ever experienced, comes CambYoCar: a homegrown electric car invented by Jesse Blenn, of Las Tumbas de […]

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“Angels” give the gift of light to southern zone’s indigenous

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:30:55 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com By Carol Vaughn, ICR Community Reporter October 31st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) It is estimated that southern Costa Rica alone has 20,000 people living without electric light. If you live in the tropics without electricity, your day ends early. Your options to have light at night to study, or cook, or go […]

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Smoking joint in public gets man busted with $16k in cash in Perez Zeledon

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:00:52 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com October 21st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police in San Isidro del General, Perez Zeledon stopped a man who was smoking a marijuana cigarette in public only to later discover $16,000 USD in cash in the man’s backpack on Sunday afternoon. The 25-year-old man, identified by the last name Diaz, was unable to […]

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Meet “river hugger” and environmentalist, Roger Leiva Calderon

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:00:13 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com COMMUNITY REPORTS: PEREZ ZELEDON By Carol Vaughn, ICR Community Reporter October 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The love that the people of Quebradas have for their pueblo is evident in their tidy gardens, trash-free roads, immaculate schools, and above all, their sparkling sage-green Quebradas River. Water is life to these people. They […]

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Start Training Now for La Ruta de Los Conquistadores, November 6-8, 2014

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:24:19 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com By Inside Costa Rica Community for Perez Zeledon, Carol Vaughn October 10th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Let’s get ready for “The Toughest Mountain Race on the Planet”, a three-day multi-stage bicycle race which involves cycling from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coasts, through some of the most beautiful terrain in the world. This […]

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Ann Patton Bender faces difficult life in Costa Rica prison

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:53:38 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com October 8th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) American citizen, Ann Patton Bender, who was accused of murdering her husband, John Felix Bender, in Costa Rica in 2010, has been moved out of the ICU, and into the women’s prison, El Buen Pastor, located in San Rafael Arriba de Desamparados, in San Jose. Ms. […]

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A trip to Perez Zeledon’s “Energy Waterfall”

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:09:09 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com By Perez Zeledon Community Reporter, Carol Vaughn September 26th, 2014 How does one stay in shape after the age of fifty-five in Perez Zeledon? We do low-impact aerobics with “Cascada de Energia”, twice a week, at Hospital Escalante Pradilla’s outdoor rancho gymnasium. And there are 75 of us! The breeze […]

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