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	History of Costa Rica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Costa Rica was then the southern-most province in the Spanish territory of New Spain.
		The small landowners' relative poverty, the lack of a large indigenous labor force, the population's ethnic and linguistic homogeneity, and Costa Rica's isolation from the Spanish colonial centers in Mexico and the Andes -- all contributed to the development of an autonomous and individualistic agrarian society.
		With more than 2,000 dead, the 44-day Costa Rica Civil War resulting from this uprising was the bloodiest event in 20th-century Costa Rican history, but the victorious junta drafted a constitution guaranteeing free elections with universal suffrage and the abolition of the military.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Costa_Rica (607 words)

	Costa Rica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south.
		Costa Rica is located on the Central American isthmus, 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the Prime Meridian.
		Costa Rica has no military or navy, but an abundance of wildlife; it has been said that the soldiers are the leaf cutter ants, the pilots are the macaws and the navy ships are the whales.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Costa_Rica (1566 words)

	Costa Rica - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Costa Rica
		The natives of pre-Colombian Costa Rica were skilled in the art stone carving; the artefacts were often used in trade between the native races of Central and South America, as well as objects of gold and other metals.
		A waterfall on the Tabacon river in Costa Rica.
		Costa Rican voters chose a conservative economist, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria of the Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana (PUSC;; Social Christian Unity Party) as the country's new president in February 1998.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Costa+Rica (1075 words)

	Encyclopedia: Costa Rica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
		Costa Rica is seen as an example of political stability in the region, and is sometimes referred to as the "Switzerland of the Americas".
		Since Costa Rica has no military or navy, but an abundance of wildlife, it has been said that the leaf cutter ants are the soldiers, the macaws are the pilots, and the whales the ships of the navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Costa-Rica (1080 words)

	biology - Costa Rica
		The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south-southeast.
		Costa Rica also borders Nicaragua to the north (309km of border) and Panama to the south-southeast (639km of border).
		In total, Costa Rica comprises 51,100 km,² of which 50,660 km² is land and 440 km² is water, making it slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Costa_Rica (1345 words)

	ICRT List-Serve Article: Costa Rica Lures Intel and Microsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Costa Rica has a literacy rate topping 94%, an educated work force with 12,000 engineering students, and one of the highest rates of computer usage in the hemisphere after the U.S. and Canada.
		Costa Rica has also become a foreign base for companies like Acer, Taiwan's largest exporter and the world's seventh-largest personal-computer maker, which established a customer-service center near San Jose with a $25 million satellite communications system in 1995.
		Costa Rica is still moving slowly in other areas, such as privatization and reducing government spending.
	www.svtc.org /listserv/leter12a.htm (1331 words)

	WHY COSTA RICA
		Ticos, as the friendly, warmhearted Costa Ricans are known, pride themselves on having more teachers than policemen, a higher male life expectancy than does the United States, an egalitarianism and strong commitment to peace and prosperity, and an education and social-welfare system which should be the envy of many developed nations.
		In 1990, the United Nations declared Costa Rica the country with the best human-development index among underdeveloped nations; in 1992 it was taken off the list of underdeveloped nations altogether.
		Costa Rica is mired in an economic crisis.
	www.photo.net /cr/moon/why-costa-rica (1145 words)

	Costa Rica
		Costa Rica has a generally open international trade and investment regime, with the exception of a few sectors that are reserved for state companies.
		Costa Rica has not joined the United Nations Protocol for the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes between Countries or the New York Convention of 1958 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
		A third former president is alleged also to have profited illegally from the French telecommunications contract, but formal charges have not been filed, and he remains in Switzerland, ignoring calls by legislators and the current president to return to Costa Rica.
	www.state.gov /e/eb/ifd/2005/42003.htm (4541 words)

	IV. Country Narratives: Western Hemisphere
		Costa Rica is mainly a destination and transit country for women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation.
		Victims are trafficked to Costa Rica from Nicaragua, Colombia, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, the Philippines, Russia, and Eastern Europe.
		As a regional leader, Costa Rica is positioned to play a strong role in developing mechanisms to gather and share intelligence on trafficking in Central America and the Caribbean.
	www.state.gov /g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33198.htm (11712 words)

	Site Map
		When it comes to Costa Rica investing, international mutual funds and hedge funds are the 'choice' investments for most sophisticated investors and these investors tend to keep a very significant portion of their liquid assets 'offshore' (outside of the country) invested in diversified, secure offshore mutual funds and hedge funds.
		Costa Rica real estate and land development is still in it's infancy as a market and as such there is a tremendous amount of opportunity for growth, as well as a need to mature...
		Costa Rica firemen honor hero - He is too small for the fireman uniform that was loaned to him, but, at 10 years, Jose Ortega has the courage, dedication, and disposition to self-sacrifice of any of the veterans who honored him at the Fire Department Station in Cartago.
	www.welovecostarica.com /site_map.php (15766 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Costa Rica covers 51.060 sq kms and is bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south-east.
		Costa Rica is an active member of the international community and supports efforts to protect the environment; promotes human rights and sustainable development, and advocates peaceful settlement of disputes.
		Costa Rica is vulnerable to criticism on child prostitution and the growing problem of sex tourism, failure to recognise certain ILO conventions, and a judicial system which is slow.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1026732751297 (2520 words)

	Costa Rica, People
		The majority of Costa Ricans keep their proud little bungalows spick and span and bordered by flowers, and even the poorest Costa Ricans are generally well groomed and neatly, even formally, dressed: the men in fedoras, the women in shawls.
		Costa Rica's early fl population was "dramatically upwardly mobile" and by the 1920s a majority of the West Indian immigrants owned plots of land or had risen to higher-paying positions within the banana industry.
		Costa Rica's fl population has consistently attained higher educational standards than the national average and many fls are now found in leading professions throughout the nation.
	www.photo.net /cr/moon/people (4687 words)

	UNL \| International Affairs
		In spite of its relatively small size, Costa Rica is noted for its natural scenic beauty, the variety of its vegetation, and the richness of its flora and fauna.
		Costa Rica is a free and independent democratic republic.
		Costa Rica is one of the most stable and peaceful countries in this hemishpere.
	www.unl.edu /iaffairs/study_flyers/lamerica/costasanramon.shtml (764 words)

	Harold Doan and Associates Ltd. - Costa Rica’s Continued Fall from Grace
		Now the fourth president in a row to be implicated in a string of government corruption scandals, Pacheco hitherto has been a strong advocate for the official investigation of dishonest practices by state officials, calling corruption “a cancer” that was eating away at the Central American country.
		Pacheco’s predecessors, former Presidents Rafael Angel Calderon, Jose Maria Figueres and Miguel Angel Rodriguez have all been accused of corruption and the abuse of their offices and are currently facing investigation by Costa Rican authorities.
		Calderon (president from 1990-1994) is charged with receiving nearly $500,000 from a Finnish government loan to Costa Rica intended for the purchase of medical supplies.
	www.harolddoan.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4205 (1165 words)

	g1cos.html
		Costa Rica is a mountainous country in Central America.Costa Rica is located in the southern part of Central America, bordering Panama and Nicaragua.
		Costa Rica’s average temperature in January is 19 degrees celsius and in July it is 21 degrees celsius.
		Costa Rica has GDP of two thousand six hundred and ninety six per capital income, this is fairly high for Latin American countries but is poor compared to the Europe and North Americas.
	clague.aaps.k12.mi.us /web/lam/g1cos.html (1045 words)

	Cocori Costa Rica in a Nutshell
		Costa Rica is home to one of the oldest democracies in the Americas.
		The Spanish first came to Costa Rica in the 16th century, after Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) landed near Limón on the Atlantic coast in 1502.
		Costa Rica is on the same time as the US Central Standard time zone; Daylight Savings Time is NOT observed.
	www.cocori.com /library/crinfo/nutshel.htm (1860 words)

	Costa Rica - History & Culture
		Seventy thousand of their descendants live in Costa Rica today, and the country is known for good relations among races.
		The early hapless settlers who came to Costa Rica were left largely to their own devices, and the first successful establishment of a colonial city was not until 1562, when Juan Vasquez de Coronado founded Cartago.
		During that conflict, both the Sandanistas and the Contras set up military bases in the northern area of Costa Rica, and Arias was elected under the promise that he would work to put an end to this situation.
	www.geographia.com /costa-rica/history.htm (978 words)

	Costa Rica Digest, Oct. 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During his inaugural speech, President Pacheco moved away from the original text to adlib that the "sinvergüenzas y los canallas" (scoundrels and swines) are few within the CCSS and other public institutions.
		The president's comments were referring to the recent scandals that have overtaken the country that has seen many public functionaries and businessmen arrested for corruption and graft, that has included two former presidents of Costa Rica.
		Costa Rican authorities arrested Kanev after hundreds of pictures of child pornography were found at his beach house in 1999.
	www.talkabouttravelling.com /group/alt.travel/messages/52153.html (7488 words)

	Costa Rica's National Parks
		Although Caño Negro is on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica, it is far enough inland in the northern plains to have a weather pattern with a short but distinct dry season from January to April.
		Undisputedly one of Costa Rica's foremost tourist attractions, the highly eruptive Arenal Volcano is the centerpiece of this new national park declared in October of 1994.
		In Costa Rica, this species can be found nesting at a number of beaches on both coasts, however, two of the more heavily used beaches are Playa Grande (Big Beach) and Playa Langosta (Lobster Beach), to the north and south, respectively, of Tamarindo Beach.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/gonebirding/crnps.html (18825 words)

	Volcanic structures of the Republic of Costa Rica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The highest Costa Rica`s volcanoe is Irazu, the most active is Arenal and Poas has the second widest crater in the world.
		The type of magma that fuels most Costa Rica volcanoes is thick, viscous, and so filled with gases that the erupting magma often blasts violently into the air.
		The active volcanoes of Costa Rica -Poás, Arenal, Rincón de la Vieja, Irazú, and Turrialba- are featured in a year 2002 calendar sponsored by the Volcanology and Seismology Observatory of Costa Rica.
	kostaryka.org /wulkany2489 (259 words)

	Costa Rica's Daily News Magazine!
		The leaders, including Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños who had refrained from backing Rodriguez, inked a joint statement expressing their support to Rodriguez, who was Costa Rican president from 1998 to 2002.
		Well, Costa Rica's connection to the world was cut when the Maya 1 fibre optic cable that runs undersea and connects Costa Rica to Florida and Cancun, Mexico failed.
		Costa Rica uses to undersea cables - the Maya and Arcos 1 - both in the Atlantic - to connect to world wide web.
	insidecostarica.com /dailynews/2004/june/03 (1392 words)

	Costa Rica Daily Online News
		President Abel Pacheco is denying that he or any of his government officials have given any aid to an alleged plot against the democratically-elected President of Venezuela.
		All workers in Costa Rica are paid in December a bonus or aguinaldo that is equivalent to one month's salary.
		President Hugo Chavez Frias says that more than 11 million Venezuelans will take to the streets to guarantee the democratic process against opposition plans to sabotage a signature gathering campaign aimed at petitioning an eventual revocatory referendum against his rule.
	insidecostarica.com /dailynews/2003/november/04 (1687 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info - Teddy Roosevelt Third State of the Union Address
		President McKinley appointed five men who had been active and prominent in the public charities in Washington, all of whom upon taking office July 1, 1900, resigned from the different charities with which they had been connected.
		It is not possible to give a complete list, and some of the reports that speak of "revolutions" must mean unsuccessful revolutions.
		The above is only a partial list of the revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, riots, and other outbreaks that have occurred during the period in question; yet they number 53 for the 57 years.
	www.usa-presidents.info /union/roosevelt-3.html (10462 words)

	CCC & STSL :: Press Release - Costa Rica Asks Governor Bush to Protect Florida’s Sea Turtle Habitats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scientific studies show that many green turtles hatched at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, spend their juvenile life-stage in nearshore Florida waters.” Researchers with the University of Central Florida have been studying the sea turtles that congregate on the nearshore reefs south of Sebastian Inlet in Indian River County.
		Genetic research has shown that the quarter sized hatchlings leave the Costa Rican beaches they were born on and travel the ocean currents to distant foraging grounds.
		Costa Rica is a world leader in conservation and habitat protection.
	www.bonus.com /contour/turtle_project/http@@/www.cccturtle.org/news/n_fl-cr-tag-return.htm (533 words)

	A.M. Costa Rica
		Luis Diego Marín Schumacher, executive president, said that the court case hinges on irregularities in the awarding of permits for the open pit gold mine.
		She was appearing with President Antonia Saca whose country of El Salvador was the first to ratify the agreement.
		The journalist, a former member of parliament and president of the Ucayali Journalists’ Federation, was the host of "Transparencia", a radio programme that was broadcasted daily on the Frecuencia Oriental radio station.
	www.amcostarica.com /050305.htm (4787 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Figueres' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His disputed election in 1948, whereby he was denied victory by the legislature in favor of Rafael ýngel Calderýn Guardia, was the direct cause of Josý Figueres Ferrer's armed uprising of that year and the ensuing 40-day civil war.
		The National Liberation Party is a political party of Costa Rica which was founded by Jose Figueres Ferrer in 1948, following the end of the Costarrican Civil War.
		Some of the most dynamic and effective leaders that have presided over the country have been of the PLN.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle87520.html (963 words)

	CCC & STSL :: Velador Newsletter Spring 1998 - International Agreement Signed by Central American Presidents
		The Cooperative Agreement for the Conservation of Sea Turtles of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama, otherwise known as the Tripartite Agreement, was signed by the Presidents of Costa Rica and Panama on Friday, May 8, 1998.
		The President of Nicaragua did not attend the ceremony; however, it is anticipated that Nicaragua will sign the Agreement in the very near future.
		Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama possess some of the most important marine and nesting habitats for sea turtles in the world and share populations of green turtles, leatherbacks and hawksbills.
	www.cccturtle.org /velador/velart13.htm (860 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Costa Rica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development.
		Costa Rica's basically stable economy depends on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports.
		Costa Rica recently concluded negotiations to participate in the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement, which, if ratified by the Costa Rican Legislature, would result in economic reforms and an improved investment climate.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/cs.html (929 words)

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