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Kiwifruit: Don’t Let the Fuzzy Peel Scare You

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It's hard to find a fruit that provides as much vitamin C as kiwifruit does. Beneath its fuzzy brown peel is a sweet green...
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Sapodilla is a Chewing Gum Tree with Juicy Fruit

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HOME GARDENING: Called chicle zapote in Spanish, the sapodilla makes an elegant tree for the home garden and produces delicious fruits.
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A Recipe for Making Costa Rica Inspired Ceviche

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Anyone who has visited Latin America knows that people throughout these lands pride themselves on an amazing dish made of marinated raw fish, seafood...
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Star Apples: The Other Star Fruit in Costa Rica

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At the end of the dry season in April and May, citrus fruits, mangos and avocados are just beginning to form young fruits here...
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Costa Rica’s Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it

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There appear to be two schools of thought when it comes to Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it. Those of the older generation...
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Chocolate: The Treasure of Costa Rica and the Americas

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Before there was coffee, there was cacao. Before there were coffee breaks, there was the chocolate hour. And before Costa Rica had coins, cacao...
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Costa Rica’s San Jose Airport Adding Electronic Immigration Gates

The Juan Santamaría International Airport announced an improvement that will ease passenger flow. Airport officials confirmed that electronic migratory gates (eGates) will be installed...
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Nicaragua Continues NGO Crackdown With Save the Children Ban

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has shut down Save the Children International and 14 other NGOs in a mounting clampdown on rights and religious groups,...
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Expat’s Theft Reveals Growing Property Crime in Costa Rica

For the third time in my thirty plus years in Costa Rica, I was a victim of property theft. It happened two days before...
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