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The Tico Times Weekly Digest: Jan. 14, 2019

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Costa Rica names Maduro critic Manuel Ventura as new Foreign Minister

Scientist tags shark that killed United States tourist off Cocos Island

U.S. tourist killed in shark attack off Costa Rica’s Isla del Coco

Cancer-detecting AI created from Costa Rican image archive

Mercury contaminating Crucitas water, threatening ecosystems, warns UNA study

Ocaso Music Festival in Tamarindo (PHOTOS)

Off the Eaten Path – Lidia’s Place


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