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Conservation group Sea Shepherd strikes deal with Guatemala to patrol Pacific

The Brigitte Bardot, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s 35-meter interceptor vessel, arrived at Guatemala’s Port San José last week for an unexpected mission: to help the Guatemalan Navy patrol the Pacific for marlin poachers.

The 10 most popular Tico Times stories of 2013

Crime and scandal top the list of our most-clicked stories.

Conservation group Sea Shepherd ready for aggression from Japanese whalers

Japan says it conducts vital scientific research using a loophole in an international ban on whaling, but makes no secret of the fact that the mammals ultimately end up as food.

Conservation group Sea Shepherd opens Costa Rica office

Eleven years after a pact between the Costa Rican government and Sea Shepherd was scuttled following a high-seas incident near Guatemala, the conservation group is back with a new office in San José.

Why Jairo died

Documents recently obtained by The Tico Times in the investigation of Jairo Mora’s death help unravel the mystery behind the murder of a young Costa Rican conservationist who once worked peacefully with poachers on the beach he tried to protect.

The Crystal Method makes its Costa Rica debut

After four years, The Crystal Method is coming out with a new album and Ticos will be among the first to hear some of the new tracks played live this September.

Preserve Planet releases video tribute to slain Costa Rican environmentalist Jairo Mora

Preserve Planet and Pretoma will unite efforts in a campaign aimed at boycotting the sale and consumption of turtle eggs.

Miedo y asco en San José (Fear and loathing in San José)

President Laura Chinchilla was quick to denounce me for saving sharks, but I have not heard a word from her about the importance of bringing Jairo Mora's murderers to justice.

Endangered protectors: Turtle conservationist’s death highlights perils of protecting Costa Rica’s environmental wealth

The murder of 26-year-old Jairo Mora in late May exposed cracks in the country's international environmental image, and proved that protecting nature sometimes has a terrible cost.

Still no arrests in slaying of Costa Rican conservationist

Police and conservation groups continue to patrol a Caribbean beach where Jairo Mora Sandoval was killed on May 30.

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