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Expat Living
Why Costa Rica’s Drug Problem Persists and Possible Solutions
Don Mateo
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August 11, 2025
Illegal drugs, and the drug trade, are driving factors behind the ever-increasing murder rate in Costa Rica. This is a given. A combination of...
Arts and Culture
The Day Costa Rica Stopped to Celebrate Claudia Poll’s Olympic Victory
Don Mateo
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August 5, 2025
In the decades I have lived here, there were two sporting events that were so big that the country came to a brief standstill....
Expat Living
Chinese Influence in Costa Rica Grows from Business to Education
Don Mateo
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August 3, 2025
Will the 21st Century someday be known as the Chinese century? Time will tell. They seem to be off to a good start when...
Expat Living
Costa Rica in the 90s From Mushrooms and Hammocks to a New Beginning
Don Mateo
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July 31, 2025
I love my life in Costa Rica, so it is more than a little ironic that I also once hit my own personal rock...
Expat Living
A Costa Rica Expat and the Devil on His Shoulder
Don Mateo
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July 28, 2025
Everyone has a dark side—that little devil in your conscience that says, go ahead and do it! even though you know it’s wrong. It...
Expat Living
Costa Rica Food Culture: From Bar Bocas to Fast Food Chains
Don Mateo
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July 25, 2025
Once upon a time in Costa Rica, you could walk into a bar, order a beer, and receive a free boca – a small...
Expat Living
Why I Choose Real Life in Costa Rica Over the AI Hype
Don Mateo
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July 23, 2025
When it comes to AI, call me OG. Old school. I sometimes wish I could go back to a time before it existed. Artificial...
Expat Living
Dominical to Quepos: The Costa Rican Road That Took 30 Years to Finish
Don Mateo
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July 18, 2025
The original Pan-American Highway heading south from San José once took a dramatic and daunting route. It passed through the old capital of Cartago...
Expat Living
Costa Rica’s Religious Culture Through the Eyes of a Non-Religious Expat
Don Mateo
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July 15, 2025
Costa Rica is the only country in the Americas that has an official religion—Catholicism—enshrined in its constitution. While the Constitution recognizes freedom of worship,...
News
Are Boomers Changing Costa Rica? One Expat’s Unfiltered Take
Don Mateo
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July 10, 2025
According to the most recent demographic study, over 20% of all US citizens are classified as within the Boomer age range. Every year, many...
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