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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s New Luxury Tax &#8211; Meat, Fruit and Floors Mops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#39;t know what is going on with the government of Costa Rica and it seems like every day I/m feeling more sorry for the Ticos. Last January, the government hammered the people with higher traffic fines, tolls increases and corporation Tax and before that,&#160; the cigarette tax. We all know how importing luxury items [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s Dry Law &#8211; Eliminate the Prohibition Ley Seca?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that Gringo&#39;s have always been puzzled on is Costa Rica&#39; very old &#34;dry law&#8221; (Ley Seca); a liberal law that prohibits sales of liquor, wine and beer at Easter and Christmas, besides elections and such sectarian holidays as Sept. 15 (Independence Day). Bars are supposed to be closed &#8230; but as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Marketing Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago when a client&#39;s only bullheadedness concern was getting in the top five at Google under a few very major Costa Rica keywords, I said to myself, Oh boy, here we go again! I had to shake my head. It took me about six months (after his keywords hit the top five) for him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serving Legal Papers in Costa Rica Via Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take The Poll The distance between Costa Rica, Social Media, Internet and technology is narrowing all the time. No, I&#39;m not referring to iPhones and better Internet services, but to a judge in the United Kingdom&#39;s High Court, who ruled this week that legal claims can be served on Facebook. The big question, whether or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paypal and Costa Rica – Banco National, Scotiabank, and Citibank</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paypal has been hyped as the best way to send and received money anywhere in the world and personally it is the simplest and easiest way to accept credit and debit cards and e-checks. So you’re an expat, and you start a business in Costa Rica. Then you signup for PayPal (which is free), so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase of Phone Solicitations in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of January two major events took place in Costa Rica. 1) The iPhone craze finally took place when three primary cell phone operators (ICE Kölbi, Móvistar and Claro) started selling the iPhone 4S with numerous plans. At some of the major shopping centers customers bounced like pin balls comparing prices and plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does SOPA and PIPA Have To Do With Costa Rica?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday many websites were in a World-Wide Blackout against The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, and it&#8217;s sister bill, Protect IP Act (PIPA), that is currently working their way through the United States Congress and the Senate. These new bills threaten every facet of the internet by letting government regulate what can and can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s Mediterranean Fruit Fly &#8211; X-Rays and Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 National Geographic had a photo contest and ironically one of the winners in the nature category was a picture of a fruit fly resting on a green coffee bean in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Obviously unknown to the photographer, it  implicated one of Costa Rica&#8217;s worst nightmares is alive, well, and continues to threaten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Energy in Costa Rica &#8211; Saving Money and the Planet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up until quite recently in Costa Rica, the proposition of saving both money and the Earth with photovoltaic solar systems has stood on some pretty shaky ground. But that is changing.  Nowadays,  more and more Costa Ricans and expats are installing stand-alone or autonomous photovoltaic systems in the country&#8217;s remotest regions and have made it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Coffee and Produce Get Trademark Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coffee has always played a major role in Costa Rica&#8217;s history and economy. Up until a few years ago it was Costa Rica&#8217;s #1 exported and very commercialized product. The largest growing areas are in the provinces of San José, Alajuela, Heredia, Puntarenas, and Cartago.  It is grown just about everywhere in Costa Rica. Even [...]]]></description>
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