In two years driving from Liberia to Cañas, in the province of Guanacaste, will be a pleasure as that section of the Interamericana Norte will be four lanes instead of the current two. The work, which is being carried out by FCC Construcción Costa Rica, included the expansion of 50,6 km of road to four lanes, is a shoulder for vehicles with problems to pull over, 54 bus bays (27 in each direction) and nine overhead pedestrian bridges.
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Environment
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15 years later, Bill Clinton returns to Costa Rica
By: Matt Levin, Tico Times In 1997, Bill Clinton came to Costa Rica as the president of the United...
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Innovations in Sustainability: The Use of Scrap Tires in Costa Rica
By: Jaime Lopez, The Costa Rica Star Recycling materials is more important now than ever, particularly...
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Costa Rica Institute of Technology Rethinks the Design of Solar Panels
By: Jaime Lopez, The Costa Rica Star A group of researchers from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology...
- Former US President Bill Clinton to Speak in Costa Rica at the 2nd Annual Global Forum on Sustainability and Happiness
- Costa Rica Secures $670 Million Loan for Hydroelectric Dam
- Innovations in Sustainability: Worms Fuel a Kitchen in Costa Rica
Life Styles
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Expansion Of Interamericana Norte From Liberia To Cañas Begins
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, from Inside Costa Rica In two years driving from Liberia to Cañas,...
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Costa Rican vice presidents want gay couples’ rights
By: Jean Paul Zapata, Gay Star News Costa Rican vice presidents Alfio Piva and Luis Liberman have...
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Starbucks to sell Tico brand in Costa Rica store
By: Clayton R. Norman, Tico Times Bella Vista Coffee, hailing from Tres Ríos, southeast of San...
- Ticas Launch Initiative to Promote Scientific and Tech Literacy in Costa Rica
- Boomerang Coaster Moves From Brazil to Costa Rica
- Costa Rica is region’s best country to raise children, study says
Travel
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Expansion Of Interamericana Norte From Liberia To Cañas Begins
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, from Inside Costa Rica In two years driving from Liberia to Cañas,...
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Costa Rica launches new sustainable building certification
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, from Tico Times A new certification for sustainable building is...
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Costa Rica in magazines: 9 million issues and counting, according to ICT
By: Jaime Lopez, The Costa Rica Star Since October 6th of 2011, Costa Rica has been advertised on...
- Copa Airlines Offers New Air Route in Costa Rica: Liberia to Panama
- Nature Air Will Offer $1 Flights to Celebrate Labor Day in Costa Rica
- Google Takes Special Interest in Costa Rica’s Tourism Industry
Other News
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Featured Life Styles Money Travel
Expansion Of Interamericana Norte From Liberia To Cañas Begins
In two years driving from Liberia to Cañas, in the province of Guanacaste, will be a pleasure as that section of the Interamericana Norte will be four lanes instead of the current two. The work, which is being carried out by FCC Construcción Costa Rica, included the expansion of 50,6 km of road to four lanes, is a shoulder for vehicles with problems to pull over, 54 bus bays (27 in each direction) and nine overhead pedestrian bridges.
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IBM to invest $300 million in new Costa Rica IT center
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) on Thursday opened a new Costa Rica Delivery Center in the province of Heredia, north of the capital. The company announced it will invest $300 million over the next 10 years and intends to employ up to 1,000 people by 2014, affirming the country’s position as a strategic services hub for the technology giant.
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Costa Rican vice presidents want gay couples’ rights
Costa Rican vice presidents Alfio Piva and Luis Liberman have endorsed equal rights for gay couples. The leaders spoke in favor of gay rights, including inheritance, social security and loan applications, and the endorsement comes after Costa Rican LGBT rights group, the Center for Research and Promotion of Human Rights in Central America (CIPAC), introduced a constitutional motion to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Starbucks to sell Tico brand in Costa Rica store
Bella Vista Coffee, hailing from Tres Ríos, southeast of San José, will be the first Tico coffee for sale in Starbucks’ new Escazú location, southwest of the capital, the daily La Nación reported. The new store is the coffee giant’s first in Costa Rica. The chain, which has been a major buyer of Costa Rican coffee for years, will open its new store on Avenida Escazú sometime in the next two weeks, where patrons will find 250 gram bags of Bella Vista beans for sale.
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Business Environment Featured Money Politics
15 years later, Bill Clinton returns to Costa Rica
In 1997, Bill Clinton came to Costa Rica as the president of the United States. Fifteen years later, Clinton showed up again, in perhaps a different persona. Clinton was speaking as part of the Sustainability and Happiness Business Forum being held at the Hotel InterContinental in Escazú. He delivered a message on environmental sustainability, relying on a practical theme: Green economies save the environment and money.
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Ticas Launch Initiative to Promote Scientific and Tech Literacy in Costa Rica
A veteran journalist and a Microelectronics researcher have launched Project Costa Rica 2050, a new initiative that seeks to plant the seed of scientific inquiry and a passion for technology among average Ticos. The main goal of the project centres around the promotion of scientific and technological literacy within the Costa Rican population, and is receiving support from the MICIT, Banco Nacional and bioTD.
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Boomerang Coaster Moves From Brazil to Costa Rica
One park’s loss will become another park’s gain overseas, as Parque Diversiones, Costa Rica’s national amusement park in San José, will be receiving a boomerang coaster from Brazil. Boomerang is a standard “Boomerang” coaster from Vekoma Rides Manufacturing, standing 116’ 6” tall, and hitting a top speed of 47 mph as it traverses a cobra roll and vertical loop, first forwards then backwards.
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Costa Rica is region’s best country to raise children, study says
A study released on Tuesday by nonprofit group Save the Children ranks Costa Rica 13th among a list of 80 countries based on conditions for raising children. The list divided 165 countries into three categories: more-developed (43 countries), less-developed (80) and least-developed (42). Costa Rica appears on the less-developed countries list, and was rated as the best in the region.
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Innovations in Sustainability: The Use of Scrap Tires in Costa Rica
Costa Rica currently recycles or repurposes about half of the scrap tires that they produce. Because of a lack of infrastructure seen in more developed nations, they have created the Ecologic Foundation for the Recycling of Scrap Tires in Costa Rica in order to create llantions – which are essentially bunches of scrap tires to use for things such as construction projects, farms and artificial reefs.
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Mobile access to the Internet in Costa Rica up by 250% from 2010
According to SUTEL, there are about 4 million active cellphones in Costa Rica. A study shows that 35% of the cellphone users have Internet access on their phone. This represents a dramatic increase from 14% in 2010. According to the survey, 26% of the users say they have smartphones. In raw numbers, this translates to 1.4 million users who use their phone for Internet access, and around 1.04 million have smartphones. The growth in smartphones directly contributes to and increases the number of phones connected to the internet.
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