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Costa Rica Homelessness Has Grown Sharply Over the Past Decade

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An estimated 7,133 people were living in street conditions in Costa Rica in 2025, more than half of them in the capital, San José...
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Canada Becomes One of Costa Rica’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Markets

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The numbers tell a compelling story. In the first four months of 2026, Costa Rica welcomed 173,349 Canadian tourists arriving by air, a jump...
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Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Rare Predator Hunts and Pregnant Jaguars

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Sometimes I record something interesting and I think ‘I should share this with the good people who read the Tico Times,’ but whatever it...
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Costa Rica Grants US Extradition of ‘Macho Coca’ With Safeguards

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An appeals court in San José has ordered the deferred extradition to the United States of Gilbert Hernán Bell Fernández, the Costa Rican businessman...
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Costa Rica Investigates Police Officers After Alleged Robbery in Santa Cruz

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Four Fuerza Pública officers were detained in Guanacaste as part of an investigation into an alleged illegal raid and robbery at a home in...
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Hurricane Season Starts as Costa Rica Watches Both Coasts

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The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season began Monday, June 1, and while the forecast is calmer than in many recent years, Costa Rica still has...
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Panama Prison Riot Leaves Two Dead as Over 80 Inmates Recaptured

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A riot broke out at the La Joyita penitentiary in Pacora on the evening of June 1 when authorities attempted to transfer or redistribute...
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Facebook Still Leads in Costa Rica, but TikTok Is Growing Fastest

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Facebook remains the most widely used social network in Costa Rica, with eight in 10 adults who own a cell phone using the platform...
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Renting a Car in Costa Rica? Super Gas Is Currently Cheaper Than Regular

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Drivers filling up in Costa Rica right now will notice something that runs against intuition almost everywhere else in the world: the premium "super"...
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Tourists in Costa Rica Warned About Optional Dollar Card Fee

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Foreign visitors who pay by card in Costa Rica now face a 6% charge from one of the country's largest banks if they choose...
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Costa Rica Homelessness Has Grown Sharply Over the Past Decade

An estimated 7,133 people were living in street conditions in Costa Rica in 2025, more than half of them in the capital, San José...
Read more

Canada Becomes One of Costa Rica’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Markets

The numbers tell a compelling story. In the first four months of 2026, Costa Rica welcomed 173,349 Canadian tourists arriving by air, a jump...
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Sabalenka Stunned by Shnaider in French Open Quarterfinal Collapse

Roland Garros served up another seismic shock on Wednesday as world No. 1 and top seed Aryna Sabalenka squandered a set and a double-break...
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Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Rare Predator Hunts and Pregnant Jaguars

Sometimes I record something interesting and I think ‘I should share this with the good people who read the Tico Times,’ but whatever it...
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