Costa Rica News – Grecia the toucan is famous throughout Costa Rica and even in some other countries. He suffered the loss of his beak due to abuse. Many generous people felt moved to donate to the cause of getting him a prosthesis. A total of ¢11 million was raised for this cause and then another…
Costa Rica News – (Surf Report January 15th & 16th) – We are going to give you the surf forecast for Costa Rica and we have our beautiful pictures of girls in bikinis. This is going to be a decent weekend on the Pacific side of Costa Rica but the Caribbean is going to be small this…
Costa Rica Living – Angelina Cooke has a big family — seven kids ages six to 18 — but that didn’t deter her from moving the clan to Esterillos Este, Costa Rica in 2011. The 39-year-old left central Ontario for the central Pacific where she and her husband work as eco-conscious land developers. Their new home…
Costa Rica News – This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which Dan and Rico (qCostaRica) will talk about the happenings in and around the land of “Pura Vida”. With over 30 years of living in Costa Rica between the two it give a unique insight into life in CR.…
Costa Rica News – The Children’s Hospital of Dallas has a mission trip coming up this week in which 10 kids with serious heart problems will receive the surgeries they so desperately need. This is the group’s third trip to the National Children’s Hospital. Their purpose is to strengthen the local cardiovascular division as well as…
Costa Rica News – This Eastern Air Lines jet made on Monday its debut arrival to the Juan Santamaria (SJO) international airport. Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991, when it was dissolved due to financial problems. The new Eastern, based out of Miami, founded in 2011, the airline operates…
By Maria Clara Montoya Lima, Jan 13 (EFE; additional context by The Costa Rica Star).– Scientists at Peru’s International Potato Center, or CIP, are working on a project to explore the possibility of growing potatoes on Mars. The idea for the project came from researcher Julio Valdivia, who is conducting studies for NASA and found that the soil in an area in southern Peru is very similar to that of Mars, biologist David Ramirez told EFE. The area is a desert in La Joya, located 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of Arequipa, where the soil is poor in nutrients, with…
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Costa Rica Entertainment – Talk about an amazing body! Candice Swanepoel is proving why she’s one of the most valued swimsuit and lingerie models in the world — because her body is sheer perfection! The 27-year-old South African beauty went totally in the buff during a Victoria’s Secret photo shoot and she’s showing it off to the…
Costa Rica News – We have heard a lot about how the forests of Costa Rica hold carbon but many of us assumed that meant in the trees. Scientists found that in actuality 51.7 percent of the carbon is stored in the ground, at a depth of 30 centimeters. The National Forest Inventory was led by…
Costa Rica News – My son, Coady Nelson, died unexpectedly on June 8, 2015 of a heroin overdose in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica. I found my son dead in his bed. Coady came to Costa Rica to live with me in May 2014 after spending about 3 years in and out of Florida jails for drug-related…