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President Oscar Arias

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Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, right, chats with Ibero American Secretary General Enrique... Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, right, chats with Ibero American Secretary General Enrique Iglesias, left, Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates ...  
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When I first visited Costa Rica more than two decades ago, I did not imagine that I would make a second visit to that beautiful country in early November 2009. On my first visit, I was alone until I met a great couple from Alaska. They had rented a ...  
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NewswireToday - /newswire/ - London, United Kingdom, 11/30/2009 - Raúl Ruiz is named as business process outsourcing partner in Costa Rican CPA firm . Russell Bedford Costa Rica, a member firm of the worldwide Russell Bedford accounting and audit ...  
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Governor General Michaëlle Jean will conduct state visits to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica from December 6 until December 16, 2009. She will be accompanied by her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, as well as a small delegation of Canadians ...  
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Rise before the sun and slip into your shorts. Down a cup of steaming hot coffee. Grab a board from the rack and hit the road. You stroll 200 metres of gravel road to emerge from the jungle into nirvana. By now, the sun is up and you gaze out at a ...  
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I’ve been in Costa Rica for the last week, hanging out in the jungle, spying on sloths and monkeys. What an incredible place! We spent a few days in the mountains near San Isidro, at an incredible eco-lodge called Monte Azul. Then we moved down to ...  
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Fishing NewsFrom December to April, you can visit Quepos or the Los Suenos Marina for a guided charter to angle in deep offshore waters for spectacular marlin and sailfish. Sometimes, you will also find tuna and other fish as well. ... Travel Blog - http://www.ntwp.net/travel-blog/  
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The Costa Rica real estate market has been like a roller coaster. However, lows, highs and downright crashing of any market is to be expected throughout it's life span. It's how we react to those moments that count the most. Throughout the past ...  
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Costa Rica is a beautiful and fairly accessible. I am spending a month in Santa Teresa and Mal Pais on a quest to learn how to surf. Mal Pais and Santa Teresa are two small beach towns that meet in the middle at Playa Carmen; Mal Pais is south of ...  
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TEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya regretted on Saturday the call of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to the international community to recognize the general elections of Nov. 29 in Honduras. During a phone interview, Zelaya told ...  
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Font size: AP Photo Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Arias is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) Add to : Add to Any AskJeeves Newsvine Onlywire AskJeeves BlinkList Facebook Furl Google Myspace reddit technorati Windows Live Favorites Yahoo MyWeb Digg this story Read Full Story
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A judge Monday sentenced former Costa Rican president Rafael Calderon, the first former head of state tried for corruption here, to five years in jail, likely shooting down his plans to seek reelection. Calderon, leader of the opposition Social Christian Unity Party who was president from 1990-1994, maintains he is innocent, and had planned to stand for president again in the February 2010 election. After an 11-month trial, Judge Alejandro Lopez McAdam sentenced Calderon to five years behind bars for embezzlement, but rejected the prosecutor's call for Calderon to be detained immediately pending his expected appeals. The court also handed down jail terms to ... Read Full Story
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias next week to discuss the Honduran political crisis, her spokesman said. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, which begins Monday, State Department spokesman PJ Crowley told reporters, without providing further details. "I would expect next week we'll continue to look for ways to support the San Jose process," Crowley said, referring to the peace process brokered by Arias to restore president Manuel Zelaya following the military-backed coup that ousted him from power on June 28. Washington has halted most visa services in ... Read Full Story
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu. Nobel Peace Prize winner Arias, 68, felt unwell over the weekend and tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, the government said. Arias is at home and his case is a mild one. "The tests ... show that there is no other complication," Information Minister Mayi Antillon said. The H1N1 flu outbreak, declared a pandemic on June 11, has spread around the world since emerging in April and could eventually affect 2 billion people, according to ... Read Full Story
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Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and mediator of the Honduran political crisis, has contracted swine flu, the government said. "In the afternoon he was informed that he had contracted the A(H1N1) influenza virus," said Rodrigo Arias, the president's brother and chief of staff. The 67-year-old president, who was under medical care, must remain isolated in his residence for at least seven days, but will not delegate power during his absence, his brother said. President Arias, a Nobel laureate who suffers from chronic asthma, was said to have had flu-like symptoms for some days, prompting medical tests. The veteran leader ... Read Full Story
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