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NEWS ABOUT: Costa Rica

Costa Rica stories: 16 news summaries

(AP) - Two photographers have sued Tom Brady and his supermodel wife for $1 million, saying they were shot at during a party in Costa Rica. The two men, one from AFP and the other from a Costa Rican newspaper, say Gisele Bundchen's bodyguards shot at their car and just missed their... More »

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entertainment • New England Patriots • Costa Rica • paparazzi • lawsuit • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • photographers • quarterback • supermodel

(AP) - Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said today that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths. The 69-year-old Arias said he is quarantined at home and being treated... More »

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Costa Rica • quarantine • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Oscar Arias

(Newser) - Costa Rica is the happiest, most ecologically friendly country on earth, according to the New Economics Foundation’s Happy Planet Index. The US, on the other hand, came in 114th out of 146, the Guardian reports. The index ranks countries both on the happiness of their citizens and the... More »

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environment • United States • Costa Rica

ANALYSIS

Honduran Coup an Opportunity for Obama

President should demonstrate US commitment to democracy: expert

Jun 29, 09 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Honduran military coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya offers the Obama administration a chance to rehabilitate the battered reputation of the US in Latin America, Reuters reports. "This is a golden opportunity to make a clear break with the past and show that he is unequivocally siding with democracy”... More »

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Barack Obama • democracy • US foreign policy • Costa Rica • foreign policy • military coup • Honduras • coup d'etat • term limits • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

(Newser) - The US swine flu count hit 2,254 yesterday and a Costa Rica man died of the disease, the first fatality outside of North America, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the US, 3,000 people are likely infected across 45 states and Washington, DC, including unconfirmed cases, the Centers... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Costa Rica • World Health Organization • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Blago Can't Hit 
 Costa Rica for 
 Reality Show 

NBC wanted ex-guv in Costa Rica for celeb program

Apr 21, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has barred Rod Blagojevich’s bid to leave the country to join a reality-show cast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-governor’s lawyers hoped he’d get permission in court today to travel to Costa Rica for NBC’s I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ... More »

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reality TV • NBC • corruption • Costa Rica • court • Illinois • governor • federal judges • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

 Photogs Say 
 Gisele Guard 
 Opened Fire 

Bullet allegedly hit paprazzi's Jeep at second wedding

Apr 5, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two paparazzi say Gisele Bundchen's guards shot at them for snapping pics of her Costa Rica wedding to Tom Brady this weekend, the Boston Globe reports. After a stand-off with security, the paps scrambled back to their Jeep, where a bullet pierced the back and front windshields. "I could... More »

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Costa Rica • paparazzi • wedding • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • guns • bullet

(Newser) - El Salvador and Costa Rica have decided to end decades-long diplomatic freezes with Cuba, the BBC reports. They were the last Central American countries still shunning the island. For El Salvador’s newly elected president, Mauricio Funes, normalizing relations is a simple matter of fulfilling a campaign promise. It’s... More »

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diplomacy • Cuba • Costa Rica • El Salvador

 Quakes Shake LA, 
 Kill 2 in Costa Rica 

2 girls dead in landslide; no damage in Calif.

Jan 9, 09 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook Southern California last night, leaving no reported damage—but Costa Rica didn’t fare as well in a 6.1 magnitude shake-up that killed two girls. A 7-year-old and a 9-year-old died in a landslide that destroyed their home, CNN reports. Some 1,000... More »

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California • Southern California • Costa Rica • landslide • earthquake

Weekend With Mel Gibson Part of Brit's Rehab

Helping pop princess 'in crisis' behind jaunt
to Costa Rica

May 16, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mel Gibson and wife Robyn are building on attempts to help with ex-neighbor Britney Spears' personal rehabilitation with a getaway to their Costa Rica pad, People reports. The group, also including Brit's dad, jetted there yesterday "for a few days to relax." Gibson and Spears have met up... More »

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Britney Spears • Costa Rica • celebrity • vacation • Mel Gibson • airplane • Jamie Spears

TRAVEL

 Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica 

Flight, hotel promise to offset vacation's carbon footprint

Apr 15, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - If carbon-footprint guilt is keeping you from taking a vacation, one company has your sun-soaked answer, TreeHugger reports. From the domestic flight to the hotel stay—and even airport transfers in biodiesel vans—NatureVacations' eco-friendly package to Costa Rica promises to offset every ounce of carbon you produce on your... More »

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travel • carbon offsets • ecotourism • Costa Rica • green travel • eco friendliness • NatureVacations • NatureAir

Safari With That Liposuction?

Cosmetic surgeries can be cheaper abroad—and come with perks

Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise... More »

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health care • plastic surgery • Thailand • Brazil • Costa Rica • cosmetic surgery • liposuction • malpractice

Costa Rica Tries to Go Postal

Address reform would help mail carriers who deliver to '125 meters west of Pizza Hut'

Nov 5, 07 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - In Costa Rica, numbered houses and named streets are the exception rather than rule, forcing mail carriers to seek out addresses like "125 meters west of the Pizza Hut." The government is rolling out a plan to standardize addresses, but, for now, one out of five pieces of... More »

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Costa Rica • addresses

Costa Rica Backs US Trade Deal by Slim Margin

Costa Rican president claims victory for CAFTA vote

Oct 8, 07 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Costa Rican voters narrowly approved a free-trade pact with the US last night, despite polls predicting they would quash it, the AP reports. With nearly 89%  of precincts counted, 52% favored the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias declared victory. Costa Rica is the last... More »

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Costa Rica • CAFTA

Costa Rica
May Swing Left

Nation votes today
on trade pact with US as anti-American sentiment rises

Oct 7, 07 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Costa Rica votes today on a free-trade deal, and the outcome will either give the nation stronger ties to the US or put it in Latin America's growing anti-US camp, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Polls show a race too close to call, though anti-pact voters had a slight edge.... More »

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Costa Rica • Central Ameican Free Trade Act • free trade • Hugo Chávez

Colgate Cautions Against Fake Toothpaste

Counterfeit dentifrice may contain toxic chemical, company says

Jun 14, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colgate alerted the public today that counterfeit toothpaste bearing its brand name and possibly containing a deadly chemical has turned up in discount stores in four Northeast states. The phony products' packaging is riddled with misspellings and gives the manufacturing location as South Africa, where the company doesn't make toothpaste.... More »

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China • FDA • Panama • toothpaste • chemicals • Colgate • counterfeit • Costa Rica • South Africa • diethylene glycol • Colgate Palmolive • Dominican Republic

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