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Tico Times Weekly Digest: November 12, 2018

In this week’s episode of the Weekly Digest: hunger is on the rise in Latin America, saving Costa Rica’s smallest primate and more news from wordpress-257819-2837440.cloudwaysapps.com.

This week’s Digest was sponsored by Banana Beach in Santa Teresa.

Interested in sponsoring the Digest, with the option of a visit from our film crew? Contact kstanley@ticotimes.net.

Stories from the episode:

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