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The Tico Times Weekly Digest: Feb. 11, 2019

In this week’s digest, we look at how the #MeToo movement came to Costa Rica last week.

Advisory: Explicit details of alleged sexual assault

This week in Costa Rica (Feb. 11, 2019):

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Óscar Arias, Costa Rica’s former president and a Nobel Prize winner, accused of sexual assault, per reports

Two more women accuse Óscar Arias of sexual misconduct, per reports

“He was always respectful until he wasn’t” – Woman accuses Óscar Arias of workplace harassment

Former Tico Times publisher recalls Daly’s account of Arias misconduct

Former Miss Costa Rica files second sexual abuse claim against Óscar Arias

This Week in Costa Rica – The importance of local journalism

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