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		<title>Breath of Fresh Air in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Costa Rica and Panama Travel Alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Public Security and Future of Central American Youth in Peril</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/09/future-central-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Costa Rica Invites Intel to Expand</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/05/costa-rica-invites-intel-to-expand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 04:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>Protest Against Tax Increases in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/protest-against-tax-increases-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/protest-against-tax-increases-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/atlanta-tourist-missing-in-dominical-surf/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/running-with-the-bulls-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>United States Congresswoman Critical of Daniel Ortega</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/united-states-congresswoman-critical-of-daniel-ortega/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/united-states-congresswoman-critical-of-daniel-ortega/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega using the Caldero Island border dispute with Costa Rica as a tactic to win votes in an upcoming election, and remains firm in her stand that the United States is not going to support an &#8220;Aspiring Dictator&#8221;. Her opinion carries weight as the Florida Republican and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outbreak at Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor Caused by Norovirus</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/outbreak-hotel-barcelo-playa-tambor-norovirus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food contamination that infected a total of 225 tourists at the Hotel Barceló Playa Tambor was caused by a Norovirus. The hotel has been closed for 72 hours while staff work to thoroughly clean all 400 rooms and hotel facilities. While displaced guests have been offered alternative reservations or a refund the hotel management did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Woman in Tamarindo: Barbara Struncova</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/missing-woman-in-tamarindo-barbara-struncova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Czech national, Barbara Struncova has gone missing from Playa Tamarindo since December 5th. She was last seen entering her house in Playa Langosta at 1am on December 5, 2010, but has not been seen since. Her family last communicated with her on December 4, 2010. According to information posted on her missing persons blog, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gringo Tourist in ATV Accident</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/gringo-tourist-in-atv-accident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. tourist from Alaska, identified by authorities as Jonathan Alexander Sharp, aged 41 died on Wednesday night just before 11pm when the ATV he was driving fell from the road into a precipice. The accident occurred while traveling between Bijagual and Witch&#8217;s Rock near Jacó in Garabito, Puntarenas. According to the Cruz Rojo Sharp&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Christmas at Children&#8217;s Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/blue-christmas-at-childrens-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and the ministry of public security threw a party on Monday for children from troubled neighborhoods of Leon XIII, Los Guido and Barrio Cuba. A total of 500 children showed up from the event at the Children&#8217;s Museum in San Jose. The president handed out candy to the children and quizzed them on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festival de Luz on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/12/festival-de-luz-on-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Festival de Luz or &#8220;festival of lights&#8221; is the biggest event of the holiday season in San Jose, and brings a parade, floats, costumed performers and fireworks to downtown. This year the event will be this Saturday and the parade will start at 6pm from the National Gymnasium on Paseo Colon and continue to [...]]]></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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		<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>Traffic Control Systems to Cite Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/traffic-control-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The transport ministry has installed a network of cameras and computerized radar detectors and is preparing to place the required signs that will inform drivers of citations and fines. According to Francisco Jimnez, director of the ministry the first systems should be issuing citations before the end of the year. According to the Video Autopista [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Platina Bridge Repair to Create Traffic Chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/platina-bridge-repair-to-create-traffic-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/platina-bridge-repair-to-create-traffic-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bridge over the río Virilla en la autopista General Cañas is expected to be an ongoing source of traffic jams during the next three months as the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) works to repair a patched gap between the bridge and road that has been a constant source of automobile damage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police Setup Watch Towers in San Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/police-watch-towers-san-jose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/police-watch-towers-san-jose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police in San Jose have erected 12 meter turrets in areas of high foot traffic in downtown San Jose in order to improve police surveillance during the busy Christmas shopping season. The new approach is part of &#8220;Operation Blue Christmas&#8221;, which has the goal of putting 1,500 officers on the street at time of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ticos Support Papal Decision on Condom Use</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/ticos-support-papal-decision-on-condom-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/ticos-support-papal-decision-on-condom-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rican people voice support for condom use following the reversal of Catholic church policy on condom use. While representatives of the church still hold that condoms are &#8220;intrinsically an evil&#8221;, and oppose contraception in general the pope has decided to sanction condom use in situations where it may prevent disease. The official state religion of the Republic of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan Boat Caught Fishing Illegally in Costa Rican Waters</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/venezuelan-boat-caught-fishing-illegally-in-costa-rican-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/11/venezuelan-boat-caught-fishing-illegally-in-costa-rican-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The commercial fishing boat Maria Eulogia was caught on video by Repretel illegally fishing less than thirty nautical miles from the coast of Playa Garaza in Guanacaste. The Venezuelan flagged vessel capable of carrying 1,000 tons of tuna was shown loaded and traveling low to the water line while reportedly using underwater explosives to heard [...]]]></description>
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