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	<title>Living Abroad in Costa Rica &#187; Costa Rican Politics</title>
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		<title>March to protest sexual violence in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2011/08/slutwalk-in-costa-rica-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The so-called “SlutWalk” (Marcha de las Putas in Spanish) is meant to call attention to the pernicious practice of blaming the victim if she is raped or assaulted. The first SlutWalk was held in Toronto in April 2011, after a Toronto policeman suggested that to remain safe, “women should avoid dressing like sluts.”]]></description>
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		<title>The lovely &amp; contested Rio San Juan: Erin on the radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months before this new conflict arose, I explored the beautiful and remote Rio San Juan area, writing about a riverside fishing lodge, a gay Borders Cafe  in a riverside town, and a new tourism initiative for the little-visited area sponsored by the Nicaraguan government.]]></description>
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		<title>No-Army celebration marred by border conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, as Costa Ricans celebrated the 62nd year of being a country without an army, President Laura Chinchilla announced plans to send more police to a disputed stretch of the Costa Rica – Nicaragua border. Six weeks ago, Nicaraguan troops occupied an island in the delta of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers that most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica: 62 years army-free &amp; still going strong</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/12/costa-rica-62-years-army-free-still-going-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[José Figueres Ferrer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodrigo Carazo Odio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ironically, this milestone in pacifist politics began with a disputed election and the armed revolt that followed.]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A with author of Living Abroad in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/10/q-a-with-author-of-living-abroad-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Costa Rican Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guanacaste]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the third edition of Living Abroad in Costa Rica started hitting the bookstores, Eva Zimmerman at travelmatters.com asked me a few questions about Costa Rica. Eva Zimmerman: What are a couple of main reasons people make the move to Costa Rica? What draws people there? Erin Van Rheenen: Costa Rica’s physical beauty is often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3rd edition of &#8216;Living Abroad in Costa Rica&#8217; launches</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/10/3rd-edition-of-living-abroad-in-costa-rica-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. Ok, visiting new tree house communities in the jungle or soaking in hot springs near an active volcano might not qualify as hardships. But keeping up to date on Costa Rica’s deeper changes kept me on the road for months this year and then at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iwo Jima lands in Costa Rica; more US warships to follow</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/08/iwo-jima-lands-in-costa-rica-more-us-warships-to-follow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Costa Rican Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/?p=585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The country with no army is about to get a big dose of the US military. Last week, the USS Iwo Jima landed in the Caribbean port city of Limón, Costa Rica, the first of up to 46 U.S. war ships that may dock in Costa Rica through the end of 2010. The Iwo Jima [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchair travel and politics in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/03/wheelchair-travel-and-politics-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/03/wheelchair-travel-and-politics-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chandy Harrington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessible travel expert Candy Harrington poses a provocative question: “If a relatively inaccessible country like Costa Rica can have a political party based on inclusion, then why can't it happen in an accessible country like US?"]]></description>
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		<title>Most bizarre campaign video ever: Luis Fishman</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/02/most-bizarre-campaign-video-ever-luis-fishman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/02/most-bizarre-campaign-video-ever-luis-fishman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A middle-aged man naked except for a diaper cavorts among pregnant women singing a takeoff on the 60s classic, &#8220;I will follow him.&#8221; No, it&#8217;s not an underground video making the rounds in fetish circles. It&#8217;s a campaign video for Luis Fishman, who came in 4th of 4 candidates in this week&#8217;s presidential election in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica elections &#8212; photos</title>
		<link>http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/2010/02/costa-rica-elections-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Ricans went to the polls yesterday and elected the country&#8217;s first female president, Laura Chinchilla. These election photos are by Adrian Hepworth, an award-winning British photographer who lives in Costa Rica. See more of his work at www.hepworthimages.com.]]></description>
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