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Costa Rica soon to unveil its first hydrogen-powered bus
Costa Rica is close to launching its first hydrogen-fueled bus, a prototype that could usher in a new, clean transportation system that reduces the import of hydrocarbons. The bus, developed by U.S. Hybrid Corporation, has an electric motor fueled by hydrogen stored in a tank, according to José Castro, scientific Read more…
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Costa Rica’s new airport in Orotina
Costa Rica’s emerging plan to build a major new international airport in Orotina, an hour west of the capital, took a major step forward Monday with the signing of a $1.5 million contract with a British firm to conduct feasibility studies. President Luis Guillermo Solís signed the contract, granted in Read more…
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Plan to protect cyclists
President Luis Guillermo Solís ordered a group of his ministers and officials to draft, within 30 days, a comprehensive plan to improve protection for cyclists. Solís announced the order on Monday during an event in San José where he officially inaugurated the new school year. The president asked ministers of Public Education, Transport Read more…
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Hard Rock to open its first hotel in Costa Rica
Hard Rock International will build its first resort in Costa Rica in the province of Guanacaste, the company announced on its website. The all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Papagayo is set to open by early 2018. The 294-room resort will be located 30 minutes from Liberia’s Daniel Oduber International Airport. The Read more…
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Cold front brings heavy rains, winds through Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s bad weather blues just won’t quit. Still reeling from a deadly hurricane and seeing an uptick in ashfall from Turrialba Volcano, the country is now being threatened by a large cold front that’s brought heavy rains and winds with it. The front that is entering on the Caribbean Read more…