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Costa Rica Reverses Route 27 Lanes as Beach Traffic Heads Home

If you spent the school break at the beach and you're driving home today, here's the one thing you need to know: Route 27...

Costa Rica Investigates Development Inside Wildlife Corridor

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Could Costa Rican Farmer Be the Oldest Person Alive?

José Flores Flores, a Guanacaste farmer whose reported birth date is supported by Costa Rican civil and church records, celebrated his 119th birthday Saturday...
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