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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

Nat Geo’s Untamed Costa Rica Host Filipe DeAndrade

Costa Rica is home to 4 percent of the world’s species and is a major destination for anyone interested in wildlife. That's what brought...

The Sloth’s Secret Superpower: Turning Their Heads 270 Degrees

Did you know that sloths can turn their heads almost all the way around?

This Week in Costa Rica: The importance of local journalism

We have been busy this week bringing you ethical, responsible and transparent reporting.

Former Miss Costa Rica files second sexual abuse claim against Óscar Arias

A second woman filed a criminal complaint for sexual abuse against former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace laureate Óscar Arias, local press said on Friday.

Costa Rica Restaurant: La Deportiva Charlie’s Bar

As its name implies, La Deportiva Charlie’s Bar is a sports bar. But it’s not one of the many copy-and-paste American sports bars all...

A New Hook for Displaced Costa Rica Shrimp Workers

Many people applauded Costa Rica for outlawing shrimp trawling last year. The new ruling has survived many court challenges and even today the shrimp industry and INCOPESCA, which manages the country’s fisheries, is doing technical studies on a supposedly sustainable type of trawling.

Europeans, Latin Americans to meet on Venezuela crisis

An international meeting to negotiate a solution to the Venezuelan crisis was set to open Thursday in Montevideo as President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó sparred over allowing humanitarian aid into the crisis-wracked country.

‘He was always respectful until he wasn’t’: Woman accuses Oscar Arias of workplace harassment

In an interview with The Tico Times, another woman accused former Costa Rican president and Nobel Laureate Óscar Arias Sánchez of sexual harassment.

‘Clerical error’ allows for same-sex couple to be wed in Costa Rica

The two women were able to get married thanks to a registration error, in which Elizondo had mistakenly been listed on her birth records as a man.

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