Costa Rica Blog

Venezuela brief history.  Hugo Chavez was elected president in April 1999.  He served the longest consecutive term of any president in Venezuela history but also used state power to change the constitution to eliminate term limits.  He claimed this was best for the socialist reforms he implemented.  Upon his death in March of 2013, Vice President Nicolas Maduro assumed the presidency. In a special election held that April 2013, Maduro was officially elected.  Maduro was a bus driver and union leader and advanced under Chavez to be elected to the National Assembly in 2000. 

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People have been getting quite a surprise when driving down the coast in southern Costa Rica.  There among the toucans, sloths and macaws is another rare bird in this area, a cosmic bowling alley.  The Costa Ballena region has been amazing people with its bio diversity for years.  But recently some new inhabitants have appeared, causing a migration of a different sort. 

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