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Costa Rica's Sight of Emptiness Nominated For Two Acam Awards

Costa Rica's SIGHT OF EMPTINESS Nominated For Two ACAM Awards - May 9, 2008 Costa Rica-based melodic death metallers SIGHT OF EMPTINESS have been nominated in two categories at this year's ACAM Awards , which ... via BlabberMouth.net

Parlacen urges Costa Rica to withdraw mining license

"Parlacen urges Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to desist granting that concession to Industrias Infinito S.A., and subject it (for approval) to the Central American Environment and Development"

The Central American Parliament Friday urged Costa Rica to block exploitation of gold near San Juan river, bordering with Nicaragua. via People's Daily Online

Developing Paradise S.A. Releases 10 Acres on Gulf Of Nicoya in Costa Rica for Less Than $12,000/Acre

"The Costa Rica cost of living provides another incentive for investors and especially retirees. At $2,000/month of income an individual can live very comfortably, and the tax consequences for owning property have remained very low."

Developing Paradise has recently released 10 acres of pristine developed land on the Gulf of Nicoya and is also marketing ocean and mountain view properties for other owners in this exotic locale. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

Captive macaws now reproduce in the wild in Costa Rica

Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

The ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds into the wild in the last decade. But biologists didn't spot offspring until last year, said biologist Laura Fournier.

Since then, they have recorded 22 chicks born in the wild, and four more scarlet macaw couples have laid eggs, Fournier said.

The parrots once occupied all of Costa Rica. But hunting and poaching dramatically cut their population, and they are now found only in two national parks along the coast. Read more

Town Chatter: Miss Deaf Wisconsin from Weston

"We ended up giving everything to the orphanage that we visited down there"

Wendy Arendt, a student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, recently was named 2008 Miss Deaf Wisconsin. via Wausau Daily Herald

Latin Americans issue regional food emergency

"There are value judgments, concepts here I don't agree with, so I don't want the name of Costa Rica to appear on it."

Seventeen Latin American governments issued a regional food "emergency" Wednesday at the close of a one-day summit on the food crisis that underscored an ideological split among its participants. via ABS-CBN News

Chinese Delegation Woos Costa Rica

DIPLOMACY: Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagni and President Oscar Arias attend a meeting with Chinese diplomats in San Jose on Tuesday. via The Epoch Times

'Blue Zones' gives tips for long life

"There's always been these rumours but they've always turned out to be inaccurate"

In this photo released by National Geographic Books shows Dan Buettner author of "The Blue Zones". THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Cheryl Tiegs,National Geographic Books MINNEAPOLIS - If you are looking for a Fountain of ... via Slam Sports

Costa Rica Suspends Legal Cooperation With US

"We are investigating the circumstances and we have expressed our apologies to the Costa Rican government"

Costa Rica has suspended legal cooperation with the United States and filed a diplomatic protest over what it called the "disrespectful" treatment of its Fiscal General, Francisco Dall'Anese, at the Miami ... via Inside Costa Rica

Locally produced surf film an inspirational journey

"It has really been amazing to see how the involvement of the Charleston surf community has organically grown over the years"

An A-Frame of a film, "Finding Pura Vida" is a locally produced documentary on surfing community's penchant for cause travel, which is to say sojourns to surfing destinations with more than just exhilaration in ... via Post and Courier