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Introducing Costa Rica
The bellowing of the howler monkeys echoes across the treetops of the Parque Nacional Corcovado and you wonder if it was wise to venture into the jungle at the crack of dawn. You spot the creatures in a nearby fig tree, feasting on fruit. Out on the deserted beaches of San Miguel and Coyote, magnificent frigate birds are circling high overhead. Less-than-sonorous squawking gives away a pair of scarlet macaws, alighting from an almond tree. Morning has broken in the coastal rain forest.
Similar scenes are unfolding across Costa Rica: from the dry tropical forest along the Central Pacific Coast to the misty cloud forests of Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo at higher altitudes, this wildlife wonderland is coming alive. More than 27% of the country's area is protected, creating a haven for countless species of flora and fauna.
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Latest headlines for Costa Rica
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No breakthrough in Honduras talks
10 July 2009 9:15AM
Honduras' interim leader Roberto Micheletti leaves mediation talks in Costa Rica without meeting ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Q&A: Crisis in Honduras
8 July 2009 9:36AM
A look at what is behind the removal of Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran presidency and what this means for the country.
















