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A Christmas story we weren’t meant to hear

Mitzi Stark - December 20, 2024

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Thanksgiving Around the World: A Celebration of Gratitude and Harvest

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Costa Rican Urban Legends: Truths and Myths Unfold

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Sesame Street Features Costa Rica in Papaya-Themed Episode

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U.S. citizen arrested in Costa Rica with pre-Columbian artifacts in his luggage

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Costa Rican airport authorities detained on Monday a U.S. citizen who was trying to fly with seven pre-Columbian pieces of about 1,200 years old...

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Was 2022 a Bad Year? Try a little Costa Rican Magic for a Lucky 2023

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An old Tico belief holds that whatever you’re doing when the clock strikes 12 on Dec. 31 will characterize your year to come.

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Costa Rica National Museum Recovers 33 Pre-Columbian Pieces

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Thirty-three pre-Columbian ceramic pieces were brought to Costa Rica and given backto the National Museum last Tuesday, December 13. Small and medium-sized pots, musical instruments,...

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Primavera Sound Returns for Bumper 20th Edition, Expands to Americas

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Over the past 20-plus years, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound has garnered a reputation as one of the best music festivals in the world. The first...

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Is Artificial Intelligence the future of art?

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To many they are art's next big thing -- digital images of jellyfish pulsing and blurring in a dark pink sea, or dozens of...

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Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies

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Andrew Fletcher, a founding member of the British electronic band Depeche Mode, had died aged 60, the band announced Thursday. "We are shocked and filled...

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5 (debated) things about Costa Rica’s National Hero Juan Santamaría?

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Some historians and sociologists say the original construction of the Juan Santamaría myth was, well, convenient.

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Who Was The Costa Rica Cacique Garabito?

No different than any other heavenly place in Costa Rica, Garabito is of magnificent beauty in its abundance of sprawling diverse nature and beaches....

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Why I Left Corporate America for a Jungle Eco-Lodge in Costa Rica

I didn’t move to Costa Rica for its beaches or rainforests. I moved for a man—Daniel, my high school sweetheart. It sounds like a...

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Holy Week Boat Accident in Panama Claims Two Lives, Search Continues

A tragic boating accident off the Pacific coast of Panama has left two people dead, one missing, and a community in mourning. On Friday,...

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Costa Rica Grapples with Rising Crime: San José Robberies Surge

Robberies remain a persistent issue in San José, with the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reporting over 5,000 cases annually in 2022 and 2023, a...

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