[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 59 views]
Animal Rescue Fundraiser at Jaco Taco

The McKee Project Jaco has organized a fundraising dinner to be held at Jaco Taco, a local popular hangout for expats. They have a unique service where they will come pick you up, for free on their golf cart, if you want to eat at their place. Tourist mostly take advantage of this service while the locals walk, crawl, and run into the place to get a cold beer.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14th at JACO TACO

There will be live music by the CHUPACABRAS,silent auction and raffles.
The door opens at 5.00 …

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[7 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | 537 views]
Long Lines at Costa Rica Voting Stations but No Surprises

At the Laura Chinchilla visitor center for voters in Heredia Costa Rica is filled with supporters and voters. The crowds are peaceful and mostly holding Partido Liberacion Nacional banners and flags which are green and white. Local television news has extensive coverage and is very much aware of the inevitable outcome of the presidential elections 2010.
Local news is covering the regional locations where supporters of Laura Chinchilla for President have swamped and with good cheer. The lines at some voting stations are very long but the weather in Costa …

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[6 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | 765 views]
Historic Costa Rica Elections Tomorrow

It appears that the elections are over in the eyes of costa ricans. The incredible momentum for president Laura Chinchilla will push her right through the polls tomorrow. International news organizations are already reporting that costa ricans have their first female president Laura Chinchilla. This would make tomorrows elections in Costa Rica an historic event as they will be electing their first female president Laura Chinchilla.
President Laura Chinchilla?
There is still a risk of not receiving the required 40% margin to become president of costa rica. In that event, the voters …

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[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 398 views]
Presidential Candidate Laura Chinchilla Shares Her Thoughts

You can find the original text for Laura Chinchilla in Spanish here.
Costa Rica: Safety, Security and Prosperity
Our country cannot stop, we must continue to go forward. My proposal is to continue building a Costa Rica with Security and Prosperity.
Security
Insecurity affects all of us today, it is a complex problem which we must seriously consider. Insecurity has deep roots and requires action in two areas: Social Security and Public Safety.
Social Security
With the growth of our country we need to ensure working mothers and fathers that their families will have social …

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[20 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 745 views]
AyA Water Results Released – Jaco Beach is Clean and Safe

Jaco Costa Rica is clean and not polluted according to AyA labs results which were released a few days ago.  AyA is the Costa Rican ministry that is responsible for drinking water and water treatment and they sample beaches around Costa Rica as part of the Blue Flag program.  However, the AyA lab results just release showed that 6 other Costa Rican Beaches are still contaminated.
Before stepping foot in the water, best to be sure that the beach or river is not on the AyA list of the contaminated, following …

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[7 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 433 views]
Guide to Purchasing a Costa Rica Condo-Hotel Property – Part 2

Part 1 mainly dealt with explaining what this guide is about and laid out an outline of what to expect in the coming sections. You can read it here if you missed it.
Part 2 of the Guide to Purchasing a Costa Rica Condo Hotel is a brief description of what is the concept behind a condo-hotel.
What is the concept of a Condo Hotel?
The basic concept of a condo-hotel is the private ownership of individual units which collectively is managed as a hotel. Condo-hotel agreements vary but the basics are you …