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The Tico Times Weekly Digest: Oct. 1, 2018

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Alissa Grosskopf / The Tico Times

The second episode of The Tico Times Weekly Digest is here:

Read more about the stories mentioned above:

Cats march through streets, rats scared, milk supply runs low: http://www.bit.ly/MARCHADEGATOS

Epsy Campbell asks the United Nations to intervene in Nicaragua: http://www.bit.ly/EPSYONU

Young Costa Ricans aim to save the danta through Nai Conservation: http://www.bit.ly/DANTANAI

Reaching for the stars: http://www.bit.ly/NASACR

Off the Eaten Path – Bar La Selegna: http://www.bit.ly/LASELEGNA

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