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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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<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>Oceans of Fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabulista de Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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Papaya con leche in Playa Jaco


Kai as "Tiger Woods"

Just coming up for air after a couple of very busy weeks -- preparing for the Atenas Charity Chili Cook-off, celebrating our 2nd place victory afterwards then quickly getting final...]]></description>
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		<title>Team Sperone Wins Big at Chili Cook-off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabulista de Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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Today I have much to celebrate. First of all, it's my son Damian's birthday. Layne and I are so proud of him. He's grown into a fine man, a dedicated and skillful firefighter and a wonderful, devoted father. Not only that, but he and my preciou...]]></description>
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		<title>Country Roads and Sugarcane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabulista de Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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First it was the cornfield next door and now it's the sugarcane. Harvest time in Costa Rica! All over our&#160;barrio&#160;are sugarcane fields with ripe stalks ready for the cutting. With machete in hand, the workers are steadily hackin...]]></description>
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		<title>Shrimp Tacos &amp; Coconut Shrimp How to VIDEOS</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/02/costa-rica-food-recipes-cooking-jumbo.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D'Angelo and myself ENjoYing jumbo shrimp cooked up by Scott who hosts a Costa Rica Cooking Class here in La Fortuna.We're at Villa Hermosa Guest House just outside La Fortuna Costa Rica, videotaping Scott, who today is making TWO tasty shrimp dishes. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Equity and Tax Evasion in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Charity Chili and All the Fixin&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FabulistaDeCostaRica/~3/95umfyOISuw/normal-0-0-1-668-3813-kat-enterprises.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabulista de Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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The 5th Annual Atenas Charity Chili Cook-off is almost upon us and it's all hands in the kitchen. Scheduled for Sunday, February 12, the event is expected to attract over 1000 people this year and raise much more than the $3500 they donated last year ...]]></description>
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		<title>KILLER Pico de Gallo with VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/01/pico-de-gallo-recipe-costa-rica-food.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We LOVE Pico de Gallo and we LOVE videotaping these Costa Rica Cooking Classes...Whoo HOO!'Pico de Gallo' is Spanish for "rooster's beak". From Wikipedia:"According to food writer Sharon Tyler Herbst,it is so called because originally it was eaten with...]]></description>
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		<title>Patacones Costa Rica Recipe VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/01/patacones-tostones-plantains-costa-rica.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patacones aka tostones, fritos or plantain crisps are a VERY popular snack in Costa Rica and all over Latin America for that matter. Would you like ONE?We LOVE these Costa Rica Cooking Classes our friend Scott is conducting here in La Fortuna.  So info...]]></description>
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		<title>Ceviche Recipe with VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/01/ceviche-costa-rica-recipe-cooking.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was worth moving to Costa Rica for the Ceviche.  Yummy!Admittedly, I didn't know what Ceviche was until I visited Costa Rica for the first time back in 2004.  Gene Conti, owner of Palo Verde Resort in La Fortuna, and who subsequently totally dicked ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mojito Costa Rican Style VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/12/mojito-cuba-costa-rica-cacique.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica didn't originate the Mojito but they may as well have...VIDEO below.'ALL' cooking and 'NO' drinking would make the Costa Rica Cooking Class in La Fortuna still a fun thing...but a little less so.  I mean, really, what is Garlic Fried Yucca w...]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica &#8211; Gallo Pinto Recipe VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/12/costa-rica-gallp-pinto-recipe-lizano.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Costa Rica staple- Gallo Pinto.Truth is, in Costa Rica, Gallo Pinto can be eaten morning, noon and night... and often is.  It's a staple here and with good reason, if made correctly it's a tasty, TASTY treat- YUMMY! if you ask me.Our friend Scott, wh...]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Seasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Dull Roar</dc:creator>
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As Fabulista de Costa Rica (Kat Sunlove) notes in her most recent blog posting, Costa Rican Spring is here. We're already noting an increase in the butterfly population up here in the mountains, the rain is tapering off, and inspirational sunsets are...]]></description>
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		<title>December = Springtime in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabulista de Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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What a thrill! We had a Blue Morpho butterfly flutter through our backyard yesterday afternoon. What a gorgeous creature it is with its iridescent azul upper wings. A friend said that the butterflies are returning in force now that springtime i...]]></description>
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		<title>Arenal Hanging Bridges</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-fortuna-costa-rica-arenal-hanging.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arenal Hanging Bridges in La Fortuna Costa Rica.I gotta admit, I wasn't super excited to go to the Arenal Hanging Bridges... I mean, I knew they were beautiful and all ,,,its just that we've done the hanging bridges before (in Monteverde) but I knew we...]]></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>
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		<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>Independence Day Celebration in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/independence-day-celebration-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<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>
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		<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>Costa Rica Ratifies Apostille Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/costa-rica-ratifies-apostille-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3618</guid>
		<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>Watch Cable TV from United States on Slingbox</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/watch-cable-tv-from-united-states-on-slingbox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/watch-cable-tv-from-united-states-on-slingbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Expats tired of dealing with too few choices among local Cable TV providers in Costa Rica should consider another option, which is to simply receive cable television service from the United States via the Internet. The concept should come as no surprise as high speed Internet has for years provided an alternative to expensive long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drivers License May Present More Difficulties for Foreigners</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/drivers-license-may-present-more-difficulties-for-foreigners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/drivers-license-may-present-more-difficulties-for-foreigners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The group of transit officials who are authorized to recognize foreign drivers licenses in Costa Rica is relatively small, and following arrests by the judicial investigative police the group is even smaller, perhaps non-existent. The chief of the Acreditación de Conductores and two of her lieutenants at the nation&#8217;s transit authority were hauled off to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Holiday in Full Swing in San Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/christmas-holiday-in-full-swing-in-san-jose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/christmas-holiday-in-full-swing-in-san-jose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without a doubt Christmas has come to San Jose and estimates are that annual holiday bonus injected almost $1 billion into the bank accounts of workers who are expected to part with these funds quickly. The figure is impressive considering that Costa Rica has an annual GDP of $48 billion and annual exports are valued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeal to President Laura Chinchilla in Abuse of Expat Woman in Jaco</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/appeal-to-president-laura-chinchilla-misdirected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/appeal-to-president-laura-chinchilla-misdirected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A youtube video that appeals to President Laura Chinchilla in the abuse of an elderly woman in Jaco should really be directed to the nation&#8217;s top law enforcement agent, Fiscal General Jorge Chavarría. While in the United States the job of criminal investigation is handled by the executive branch of government this is simply not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Mary’s School Guachipelín, Escazú- San Jose, C.R., Says “NO” to FAILING 1st Grader who wishes to attend their school!</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/st-marys-school-guachipelin-escazu-san-jose-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/st-marys-school-guachipelin-escazu-san-jose-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Rice</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just been informed our first grader will be retained in first grade. After months of trying to figure out why our first grader is having a difficult time in school, he has been diagnosed with ADD. It makes sense now that we’ve learned more about the condition. He also exhibits signs of dyslexia. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setback for Costa Rica Cell Phone Network</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/10/setback-for-costa-rica-cell-phone-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/10/setback-for-costa-rica-cell-phone-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week an accident at data center operated by the national telecommunications network disrupted services for prepaid cell phone and 3G Internet. Users of the more traditional GSM, 3G and TDMA lines are also seeing problems a week later. News reports of the accident and the subsequent fallout paint a bleak future for the growth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speculation About The Money</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/10/speculation-about-the-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The exchange rate for buying Costa Rica currency dipped below 500 colones relative to the United States dollar over the weekend, and apart from a brief period last month is a level not seen since February of 2006. The situation is puzzling for many expatriates who live on a fixed income in dollars from Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica is the Other American Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/10/costa-rica-is-the-other-american-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/10/costa-rica-is-the-other-american-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the daily Al Dia reports that Costa Rica represents an alternative to the American Dream idealized by the United States in the twentieth century. The largest group of immigrants come from neighboring Nicaragua, followed by Colombia and over 14,000 United States citizens who are legal residents. The figure does not include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banco de Costa Rica to Accept Caja Payments</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/09/bcr-caja-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/09/bcr-caja-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/?p=3119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Al Dia the Banco de Costa Rica is now accepting payments to the national heath care and social security system for individual contributors. In the past the bank had only accepted payments from employers who are required to pay the 32% payroll tax, similar to FICA in the United States. Individuals enrolled independently [...]]]></description>
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