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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

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