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		<title>Breath of Fresh Air in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/05/breath-of-fresh-air-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive ban on smoking in public places, just two months since its first legislature approval now enjoys widespread acceptance in Costa Rica. For some in the English-speaking community, the change generated a great deal of confusion. The smoking ban, which became law following the signature of President Laura Chinchilla on March 22nd prohibits smoking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica Warns of Phishing Scam‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please be aware that U.S. Embassy San Jose has received multiple reports about fraudulent ?phishing? phone calls directed at American citizens in Costa Rica. The phone calls have been made in an attempt to garner personally identifying information, such as social security numbers. In each of these instances, a man falsely identifying himself as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customs Tax on Internet Purchases</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/05/customs-tax-on-internet-purchases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/05/customs-tax-on-internet-purchases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Receiving Internet purchases in Costa Rica has become a more expensive proposition thanks to a decree from the Ministerio de Hacienda. The tax authority announced in November that for the first time even small purchases, under $500 would be subject to tax. Fortunately the dust has settled, and it is easier to receive Internet purchases than during the last holiday shopping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No English at Immigration?</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/03/no-english-at-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/03/no-english-at-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent video from Costa Rican News publication, crhoy.com demonstrates some of the frustration of dealing with the people at immigration for those with limited Spanish skills. The fact that many of the employees at immigration are monolingual is becoming a bit of an embarrassment for a country that bills itself as a player in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Equity and Tax Evasion in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/02/corporate-equity-and-tax-evasion-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/02/corporate-equity-and-tax-evasion-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publications that promote investments in Costa Rica are quick to point out advantages of offshore incorporation, but often fail to bring up the issue of double taxation. The same proverbial elephant in hiding in the room when news reports in both English and Spanish discuss the problem of tax evasion in Costa Rica.]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica and Panama Travel Alert</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/02/costa-rica-and-panama-travel-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2012/02/costa-rica-and-panama-travel-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear American Citizens, The State Department alerts U.S. citizens of the risks of travel along the Pan-American Highway in western Panama and of the border crossing at Paso Canoas, Costa Rica at this time. This Travel Alert expires on February 20, 2012. Disputes over mining rights in western Panama have led to violent confrontations between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Costa Risa&#8221; Video mocks Chinchilla Government</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/11/costa-risa-video-fiscal-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/11/costa-risa-video-fiscal-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of clowns running around in circus is symbolic of the administration of Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and her government&#8217;s plan to impose substantially higher taxes to offset deficit spending. Throughout the creative use of painted midgets, slapstick and sarcastic commentary deals with issues of government corruption, high taxes and criminal impunity. Chinchilla [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States obligates foreign banks to sign agreement with IRS</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/10/irs-foreign-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/10/irs-foreign-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign banks worldwide that fail to sign an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service by June 30, 2013 will be subject to stiff sanctions. Expats and those with assets abroad will also  face new requirements when filing tax returns. A recent article in La Nacion quotes Franco Naranjo, President of the Costa Rican Banking Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Security and Future of Central American Youth in Peril</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/09/future-central-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/09/future-central-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Laura Chinchilla appeared before the United Nations General Assembly last week and woefully declared that the Republic of Costa Rica is seriously threatened by the problem of narcotics related crime and violence. The statement is a bold one coming from the leader of a nation that is uncomfortable airing its dirty laundry on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Church, Sex and Reproductive Freedom in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/08/catholic-church-sex-and-reproductive-freedom-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/08/catholic-church-sex-and-reproductive-freedom-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slogans like, &#8220;Get your rosary beads out of my ovaries&#8221;, &#8220;illuminate the Catholic Church by burning it&#8221;, and &#8220;Jesus loves prostitutes&#8221; are a few examples of themes repeated Sunday in front of the metropolitan cathedral of San Jose. Ambivalence toward the official state religion of Catholicism is nothing new in Costa Rica, and a protest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Embassy Produces Video with Travel Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/07/u-s-embassy-produces-video-with-travel-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/07/u-s-embassy-produces-video-with-travel-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees of the United States embassy in Costa Rica put together a video on the topic of personal safety in Costa Rica. Anyone who has ever lost their U.S. Passport in Costa Rica has to deal with paying a visit to the consular services embassy in order to get a replacement. The folks at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Day Celebration in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/independence-day-celebration-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/independence-day-celebration-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual celebration of United States Independence Day for expatriates living in Costa Rica will be held this year at a new venue, Avenida Escazú and will start at 3pm on Monday, July 4th. The event is taking place later in the afternoon in order to accommodate a fireworks display at 7:30pm in the evening. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizenship Not Automatic Right for Foreign Born Children</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/citizenship-not-automatic-right-for-foreign-born-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/citizenship-not-automatic-right-for-foreign-born-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decisions made by parents with respect to the education and direction of their expatriate children can influence the nationality of grand children. The United States Supreme Court on Monday denied citizenship for a Mexican born man who is the son of a United States citizen. Justices in the case, Flores-Villar v. United States No. 09–5801, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Phone Rental In Costa Rica No Longer Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/cell-phone-rental-in-costa-rica-no-longer-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/cell-phone-rental-in-costa-rica-no-longer-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private companies market cell phone rental to English speaking travelers despite the fact the local telephone company sells a five dollar prepaid phone plan. Anyone can pick up the SIM card at the airport in San Jose and be able to make local calls for seven cents a minute. Sending text messages costs less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Invites Intel to Expand</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/05/costa-rica-invites-intel-to-expand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/05/costa-rica-invites-intel-to-expand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 04:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Laura Chinchilla recently returned from a trip to the United States, and the first item on her agenda was to pay tribute to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel Corporation. The company&#8217;s manufacturing facility in Heredia is responsible for producing 20 percent of the value of Costa Rica&#8217;s export market, and is considered vital to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Chinchilla Honors Juan Santamaría</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/president-chinchilla-honors-juan-santamaria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/president-chinchilla-honors-juan-santamaria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on Monday honored Costa Rica&#8217;s favorite hero Juan Santamaría while presenting a speech to bolster support for the territorial dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the Rio San Juan and Isla Calero. Chinchilla gave the speech in the Alajuela park named for Juan Santamaría, which has been remodeled in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Not Paradise Raw Sewage Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/costa-rica-not-paradise-raw-sewage-everywhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/costa-rica-not-paradise-raw-sewage-everywhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unclassified cable originating from the United States Embassy in San Jose on April 4th, 2007 is generating negative publicity for a country that markets itself as an eco-friendly tourist destination. Costa Rica treats less than 3% of human waste, dumping 97% of its sewage into the nation&#8217;s rivers that drain to the sea, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Food Poisoning at Cafe Mundo in San Jose, Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/mass-food-poisoning-at-cafe-mundo-in-san-jose-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04/mass-food-poisoning-at-cafe-mundo-in-san-jose-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cafe Mundo has proven that food poisoning twenty of more members of Congress is an effective way to generate plenty of publicity while having a restaurant closed by health authorities. A report in La Nacion blamed Salmonella bacteria for causing vomiting and diarrhea among Costa Rican Legislators and members of the Judicial Investigative Police who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitarte Festival This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/transitarte-festival-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/transitarte-festival-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend the municipality of San Jose will host the 2011 Transitarte Festival, which is also known as the Festival de Verano or summer arts festival. Each year the event tours Costa Rica, however the festival in San Jose is the largest. Last year Transitarte included free concerts in Morazan Park, art exhibits at CENAC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest Against Tax Increases in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/protest-against-tax-increases-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised a group manifested itself in downtown San Jose to protest against President Laura Chinchilla&#8217;s Tax Proposal and this year&#8217;s pay raise for public sector workers. The march started in Parque Central and moved east on Avenida Segunda to arrive on the steps of the legislature. The protest took the better part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Designated Major Money Laundering Country</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/costa-rica-incsr-report-major-money-laundering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/costa-rica-incsr-report-major-money-laundering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Department of State has listed Costa Rica among 64 other nations classified as &#8220;Major Money Laundering Countries&#8221;. Costa Rica also enjoys the distinction of being named as a &#8220;Major Illicit Drug Producing or Drug Transit Countries&#8221;, as certified by United States President Barrack Obama in September of 2010. Recently the Organization for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil to be Felt in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/02/peak-oil-to-be-felt-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/02/peak-oil-to-be-felt-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica and Panama enjoy the highest levels of per capita income in Central America, and with prosperity comes a growing love affair with oil and gasoline. Costa Rica is an oil importing nation, however does have the capability to refine its own gasoline through port facilities in Moin. A recent $13.8 million dredging operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Narcopublica de Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/02/narcopublica-de-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An estimated $4.4 billion in illicit funds enter Costa Rica annually according to an eight year study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The figure is double the $2 billion or so that the country earns annually from tourism and works out to just $1,000 per person in Costa Rica. It measures up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Express Bus to Jaco Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/express-bus-to-jaco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of promises and delays its now possible to go from downtown San Jose to Jaco beach in just an hour and half by way of public transportation. Garabito buses on the express schedule recently made the switch to the new highway, which at least during the dry season is turning out to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Ratifies Apostille Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/costa-rica-ratifies-apostille-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/costa-rica-ratifies-apostille-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authenticating U.S. issued documents for things like residency in Costa Rica is about to get much easier now that the legislature has signed onto the Apostille convention. The law was approved in second debate on Tuesday, and adds Costa Rica to the list of countries that participate in the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Upgrades Technology at Land Border</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/immigration-upgrades-technology-at-land-border/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/immigration-upgrades-technology-at-land-border/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ministry of public security is installing modern computer systems at land border crossings comparable to those now in place at the airport. These systems are able to more effectively track the movement of foreign residents and frequent visitors to Costa Rica. Anyone who has visited either the Sixaola checkoint with Panama or the Peñas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uninsured Police Cruiser Hits Child</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/uninsured-police-cruiser-hits-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two year old child escaped serious injury when she was struck by a police cruiser as it backed out of a parking spot in a southern San Jose neighborhood. The next unfortunate surprise was that the vehicle owned by the Fuerza Publica lacked the annual marchamo sticker. A call to the national insurance company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta Tourist Missing in Dominical Surf</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/atlanta-tourist-missing-in-dominical-surf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Oglethorpe University student, Erik L. Downes has been reported missing after being caught in a riptide on Playa Dominical on Tuesday night. Downes, a 20 year old college junior had come to Costa Rica as part of a short-term ecological study trip abroad. The rip tide had caught Downes and two other students who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnection of Legacy Cell Phone Network in February</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/disconnection-tdma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICE the telecom monopoly has announced that it will retire the first generation digital cell phone network in February. To ease the transition the 39,000 users of the old system are being offered a free cell phone compatible with the second and third generation networks. Some users are reluctant to upgrade because the older system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running with the Bulls in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/running-with-the-bulls-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taunting livestock has long been a fine rural tradition in Costa Rica, and perhaps the biggest turn out of the year is the festival in Zapote. This year the Cruz Rojo attended 119 people with injuries, 30 of which required hospitalization, and two were seriously injured. On average 300 people turned out each day to [...]]]></description>
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