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Tico Times Weekly Digest: November 19, 2018

President Carlos Alvarado spoke at the inaugural Paris Peace Forum and La Sele finally ended its drought after defeating Chile. Read more about this week’s top stories:

Carlos Alvarado urges global push to end Nicaragua crisis

Costa Rica ends cold streak, defeats Chile 3-2 in Rancagua

Saturday morning quake shakes Costa Rica

Q&A – Donald Trump and “Building the Wall” with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan

Throwback Thursdays – The Tico Times Circulation Department and a lost newspaper way of life

Off the Eaten Path – The Escazú Farmers Market

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