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Happy Father’s Day in Costa Rica!

Alberto Font
By Alberto Font
Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Marcos Vega picks up his daughter Tamara at the Buenaventura Corrales Public School in downtown San José. They will celebrate Father’s Day by going out for lunch on Sunday as they usually do every year. “Raising the kids is something the couple should do together, without leaving more responsibility to only one of the parents,” said Vega.

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