I see that radio talker Rush Limbaugh is indulging in one of his patented tantrums, telling listeners that he’ll leave the United States if health care reform passes.
When a caller asked what he will do it healthcare reform passes Rush said “I don’t know. I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica.”
I’m sure there are a lot of people whose motivation to pass health care reform just …
Here you can find news about local events in Jaco and general news about your favorite beach town in Costa Rica
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 …
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 …
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 …
If you are one of the many people who come to Costa Rica and buy property for investment purposes then you would be keen to the trends in tourism. Costa Rica has been growing every year in tourism for the past 10 years and all indicators point to continued growth. For rental property investors or if you are considering buying a Costa Rica property the report below can give you some good indication of the potential earnings.
Costa Rica Tourism Report Q1 2010
After increasing from 2.06mn in 2006 to 2.29mn in …
Project McKee Jaco whose mission is to find homes for stray dogs and cats along with a program of neutering and castration to help control the growth of “street” animals. The project headed up by Katja Bader a Jaco resident via her German roots. Katja is a fierce animal lover and her passion in this project has resulted in almost no street dogs here in Jaco. As little as four years ago, it was not uncommon to see packs of dogs ranging from 2 to 8 and even more when …