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Araya campaign inflates latest poll numbers

“These results confirm that with the organization and the size of PLN, we are guaranteed a triumph in the first round,” Johnny Araya's campaign manager said. But is that what the poll showed?

Protecting Costa Rica’s Central American Dome: A New Hope for Ocean Conservation

Some of the world’s largest concentrations of blue whales, dolphins and sea turtles sit just off of Costa Rica’s shores. For years, this biological...

Scam Alert: Kolbi customers receiving fraudulent text messages

The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) alerted its customers this week about fraudulent text messages sent to Kolbi cellphones that automatically added charges to the accounts of those who responded.

Deadline to resolve Panama Canal expansion receives extension to Feb. 1

Work on expanding the Panama Canal will continue through at least next week after the construction consortium officially extended the deadline until Feb. 1 to resolve a dispute over $1.6 billion in cost overruns. The deadline had been set for this past Monday.

The ghosts of the campaign

I say this with absolute certainty: This electoral campaign is the most lacking of substance of any I can recall.

No, San José police won’t enforce the ‘dry law’ during presidential elections (and the Super Bowl)

San José and 12 other cantons have a dry law on the books that would prevent liquor sales during upcoming presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 2, the National Union of Local Governments declared Thursday afternoon. However, San José authorities told CRHoy that the law is tedious and seems unnecessary, and they likely won't enforce it.

In last presidential elections, polls overestimated Libertarian Guevara’s support and underestimated PAC’s

[INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC] Explore how pollsters in Costa Rica stacked up during President Laura Chinchilla's election in 2010.

Prosecutors will seek to extend preventative detention for Jairo Mora murder suspects ahead of February deadline

Seven defendants were charged with the murder, and their preventive detention is set to expire in February.

Costa Rica History: Watch a video of the best Tico Times

This video should make you feel wistful for yellowed, crinkly old newspapers. There's something distinguished about seeing big, important stories laid out on newsprint.

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