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  15.000 New Costa Rican Jobs Expected With Telecom Competition

  With the opening of the telecommunications market in Costa Rica, Cámara Costarricense de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (Camtic) is expecting of between 12.000 and 15.000 new jobs will be created ... | MORE
  

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  Costa Rica - New supply chain research center

  Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a research center in Costa Rica to help develop new supply-chain technologies... | MORE

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  MedTrava partners with Hospital Clinica Biblica in Costa Rica

  The MedTrava Group, a Texan medical tourism agency, has partnered with Hospital Clinica Biblica in Costa Rica to offer patients seeking overseas health care... | MORE

• Travel and Leisure

  Evacuation Of Tourists as Arenal Volcano Erupts

  With three major eruptions, Arenal volcano put on a spectacular show for tourists and locals this past week. The eruptions were of "great intensity", as gas, rocks and ashes spewed out of the volcano and rolled with incredible force down the slope... | MORE

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  New Frog Species Discovered in Costa Rica

  University of Costa Rica scientists discovered a new species of frog in a mountainous region of their country. The frog is about 2 cm. in length and lives in the Altamira-Valle de Silencio area at an altitude of around 8,000 feet... | MORE

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  ISA World Surfing Games Billabong 2009

  Costa Rica is gearing up for their first ever world-wide sporting event. From July 31 – August 9, the next ISA World Surfing Games Billabong will be held in Playa Hermosa, near the tourist city of Jaco.
  
  35 countries have confirmed their attendance so far, which will make this competition the biggest in the world. With eight surfers per team, that makes 280 of the best surfers in the world gathering in Costa Rica. In other words, this event should be spectacular! “All of Costa Rica is pretty excited,” stated José Ureña, president of the Costa Rica Surfing Federation. “This is the first time we’ve ever hosted a world games of any sort. In fact, this is the first time any sporting world event has ever been held in Central America!”
  
  The organizers report plenty of hotel space for competitors and spectators alike. In fact, the entire area has geared up to make life as easy as possible for the thousands of people who will be descending upon the city soon. Given the fact that this is a first for Costa Rica, there are a lot of expectations. Hopefully Jaco and Playa Hermosa will be able to live up to them! http://www.examiner.com
  
  
  
  
  

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Army ousts Honduras President, takes refuge in Costa Rica

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The Honduran army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and threw him out of the country on Sunday in Central America's first military coup since the Cold War, after he upset the army by trying to win re-election.

U.S. President Barack Obama expressed deep concern after troops came for Zelaya, an ally of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, at dawn and took him away from his residence. A military plane flew Zelaya to Costa Rica
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