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The Tico Times Weekly Digest: Oct. 22, 2018

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By The Tico Times

It’s Monday everyone. That means it’s time for another dose of The Tico Times Weekly Digest.

This week’s Digest is brought to you by Selina Cowork and Hotel Banana Azul.

Here’s the full list of the articles mentioned above:

Costa Rica grants asylum to Nicaraguan activist Álvaro Leiva

Human rights defender Álvaro Leiva: “There is a permanent darkness in Nicaragua”

Court rejects tax reform and asks legislators to eliminate four points

Five dead in Costa Rica rafting accident

La Sele continues to struggle, falls to Colombia, 3-1

Transformational travel in Costa Rica – Turning the flat world round

Buchón cantina – Spritz cocktails to dine for

Off the Eaten Path – Bar y Restaurante Río de Janeiro

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