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Tico Times Firsts

• First newspaper in Costa Rica (along with Eco Catolico) to be printed on offset

• First newspaper in Costa Rica to run color on its front page

• First newspaper in Costa Rica to do investigative reporting

• First newspaper in Costa Rica to call attention to the environment, and the first to cover the environment as a regular beat

• First newspaper in Costa Rica (along with La Nación) to have an Online Edition

• First (and only) newspaper in Costa Rica to have a public blood drive

• First (and only) newspaper in Costa Rica to raise funds for the zoo and animal welfare

• First newspaper in Costa Rica (and probably the world) to run a subliminal photo on its front page

• First (and only) newspaper anywhere to refrain from publishing anything about the O.J. Simpson case.

 

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