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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://tomvose.point2agent.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Tom Vose : Announcements</title><link>http://tomvose.point2agent.com/blogs/tom_vose/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Announcements</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)</generator><item><title>Experience Costa Rica</title><link>http://tomvose.point2agent.com/blogs/tom_vose/archive/2009/03/15/dd9348ab0e13406c911678e669c5d4b3.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a31a6d6d-0774-4af1-9d42-d25148941e40:438517</guid><dc:creator>Tom Vose</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://tomvose.point2agent.com/blogs/tom_vose/comments/438517.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://tomvose.point2agent.com/blogs/tom_vose/commentrss.aspx?PostID=438517</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For those of you who are gasping to hear some bad news about Costa Rica, this &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;will be a great disappointment to you because Costa Rica was just ranked the 8th &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;most politically stable country in the world and first in the Americas!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think this is just amazing news! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is not a study done by a group of Costa Rica Realtors trying to sell you real &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;estate, this is a comprehensive investigation done by &lt;u&gt;The Economist Intelligence &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;Unit&lt;/u&gt; which is a highly respected, full-service global research and advisory firm &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;headquartered in London with offices in more than 40 cities worldwide. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;They have a network of 650 full-time and contributing analysts, covering more than &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;200 countries in a March 2009 study, they identified the most politically stable &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;countries amid the global economic meltdown.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Using 17 measures that encompass social structures, economic statistics, political &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;structure and history, the report was formed from a comprehensive study.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The full report is entitled &amp;#39;Manning the Barricades - Who&amp;#39;s at risk as deepening &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;economic distress foments social unrest&amp;#39; and, we&amp;#39;ve included a link to the full &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;report in our brief article so you can download it for yourself.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Other notable rankings include; &lt;strong&gt;USA in 56th position&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How much is political stability worth to you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Costa Rica is ranked 8th most politically stable country in the world and first &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in the Americas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://tomvose.point2agent.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=438517" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://tomvose.point2agent.com/blogs/tom_vose/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category></item></channel></rss>