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		<title>U.S. President Orders Navy Task Force to Caribbean to Counter Venezuela Threat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Navy ships are being sent to Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean. The announcement came on Wednesday, less than one week since the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments for narcotics trafficking against Venezuelan Strongman Nicolas Maduro and 14 other high level government officials. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Costa Rica Government Silent on Travel Ban with Just 13 Days Left</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica Tour operators are encouraging customers to re-book, instead of canceling their vacations. However, there is no reliable answer on when foreign visitors will be able to return. Airline schedules and last travel information released by the Costa Rica government appear optimistic, given the lack of a clear exit strategy. Foreign Visitors Banned in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Border Run During Pandemic Presents Risks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Costa Rica will close it&#8217;s borders to foreigners and non-residents. However, leaving on Tuesday to renew a tourist visa has the potential to become a nightmare scenario of being trapped between borders for an extended period. The problem is that a &#8220;border run&#8221; requires exiting Costa Rica, and entering another country, typically at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Costa Rica: My View from the Saddle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sell all your stuff, get on a flight to Costa Rica and buy a horse farm in a magical valley with waterfalls. That&#8217;s how the dream starts with Linda Gray, an American woman from Massachusetts who becomes a tour operator and real estate developer after moving to Costa Rica. Happy Ponies in the Diamante Valley [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Legislators approve moratorium for registration of shareholders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislators approved with 39 votes in first debate this Monday a bill that suspends penalties in the registration of beneficial shareholders for 2 months. The initiative, proposed by Pablo Heriberto Abarca, of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC) is intended to give more time for the public to learn of the obligation. According to Abarca, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>President confirms gasoline give away for ethanol pilot project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Carlos Alvarado said on Tuesday that a pilot project will seek volunteers to fill their gas tank for free, in order to test an ethanol gasoline mixture called Eco95. Last year the government proposed a plan to mix gas with ethanol, which would be more environmentally friendly and at a lower cost. Although the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chinese company sells low cost smart phones in Costa Rica</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the largest cell phone brands in China, Xiaomi, has arrived in Costa Rica. The low cost brand which has concentrated mostly on the Asian market has a store in the Multiplaza Escazú. On average they have sold 130 phones per day since opening in December. One of the best selling phones that Xiaomi [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Search continues for small plane missing in Drake</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authorities are searching for a plane that disappeared last Saturday in Drake, on the Osa Peninsula of southwestern Costa Rica. The aircraft is a Cessna 182, piloted by Captain Jorge Ureña had has the tail letters TI AWR. The aircraft left Tobías Bolaños airport on Friday for Drake, landed and took off again on Saturday [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Producers from different parts of the country are preparing to march in protest towards the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) in Sabana Sur. Eight tractors and several buses await the arrival of more farmers from areas such as Upala and Los Chiles. Farmers demand from the Government a solution to debt and insolvency, for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMN warns of dangerous UV radiation this Friday</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), ultraviolet radiation is expected to be very high on Friday and the public should minimize exposure to the sun. On the World Meteorological Organization scale of scale of 1 to 16, UV radation levels are expected to reach 8 in northern zone of the country, which includes La [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Students compete for a position in international fair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A group of 14 students from different educational centers in the country are participating in the Eureka Scientific Fair. The winner will represent Costa Rica in ISEF 2020 (International Science and Engineering Fair), which will be held from May 10 to 15, in California. The group was selected after presenting their projects at the National [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Visit Irazú Volcano National Park in Costa Rica</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No visit to Costa Rica would be complete without a trek to 11,260 feet, and visit to Costa Rica’s highest active volcano. On a clear day you can see both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans or hike the 1 kilometer trail loop that winds between the crater lakes. Highest Volcano in Costa Rica Although it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Murder of French Tourist in Costa Rica Denounced by Development Association</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An argument over a cell phone provoked the altercation that ended the life of a French citizen who was stabbed on Wednesday in Playas del Coco. Judical police (OIJ) in the regional office of Santa Cruz, identified the victim as a citizen of France, Christophe Jean Lietaert. Social networks indicate that he was Chef instructor [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Costa Rican advertising heats the cold streets of Madrid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The weather forecasts announce a wave of cold and possible snowfall in the city of Madrid, Spain, but some promotional images of Costa Rica have been a warm invitation to the Spaniards so that in their next vacation they enjoy the varied tourist offer of our country . The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) placed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New airstrip in Quepos will be built this year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An airstrip at Managua de Quepos airfield will be rebuilt this year, as reported by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT). The agency is reviewing bids from two national companies for the project that is estimated to cost $2.6 million. Work will start in February and is expected to be completed in 135 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Secretary of State Called for Fair Elections and Reconsiders Travel Advisory</title>
		<link>https://www.usexpatcostarica.com/us-secretary-of-state-called-for-fair-elections-and-denounced-crime/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado on Tuesday as part of a tour of the region. In Costa Rica, Pompeo cited crime as the reason for issuing a cautionary travel advisory. Pompeo visited Colombia before Costa Rica, and the rise of dictatorships in both Venezuela and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sportsmens Lodge in Costa Rica Hosts 8 Hour Super Bowl Party</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, February 2 the San Francisco 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs at Miami Gardens for Super Bowl 2020. In San Jose, the Sportsmens Lodge expects 200 guests for an 8-hour party, which may turn out to be as wild as the playoff season was this year. Serving An 8 Hour Open Bar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Judical police suspend criminal investigations due to lack of personnel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supervisors and investigative agents have stopped working cases because they are needed to work logistics for prisoners attending court. A lack of personnel dedicated exclusively to these functions and the fiscal crisis prevents the agency from hiring additional guards. The problem is one of the main concerns of the Directorate of the Judicial Investigation Agency [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>La Galera Tunnel work will begin in coming weeks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A series of works prior to prepare for the construction of a tunnel at the intersection of La Galera, in Curridabat, will begin in the coming weeks. The project will improve the connectivity of existing roads in order to facilitate vehicular traffic when the tunnel construction begins. Rodolfo Méndez Mata, Minister of Public Works and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Road Demarcation will complicate traffic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff News Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, January 23 road demarcation will be carried out on the roads of La Puebla, in Heredia. The works will be carried out along 1.3 km between the sector of the cemetery of San Pablo de Heredia and the Pirro bridge, at the entrance of the central canton of that province. The work will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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