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Monday 15 September 2008, San José, Costa Rica   
Costa Rica Celebrates 187 Years of Independence Today
 "I Have Never Lied" President Arias Affirms
 Pope Benedict XVI Invited To Visit Costa Rica
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 Not So Primeval
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 Not So Primeval
 The land of some of the Costa Rican forests now defined as “virgin” were actually used by Indians to grow corn, as far back as 5,000 years ago.

U.S. researcher Sally Horn explained that scientific evidence hints that the forest returned to these tilled lands after the Indians were displaced by the Spaniards.
 

 

 

 
 
 

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