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Costa Rica Expels Second-Division Club for 10 Years Over Match-Fixing

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The Costa Rican Football Federation has thrown a second-division club out of the sport for ten years after its investigators concluded the team took...
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Costa Rica Ferry to Nicoya Peninsula Loses Two Daily Sailings

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If you cross between Puntarenas and the southern Nicoya Peninsula in the next few weeks, expect fewer sailings, fuller boats and longer waits at...
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Panama Named the World’s Best Country for Expats for a Third Straight Year

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Panama has been ranked the best country in the world for people living abroad for the third consecutive year, according to the Expat Insider...
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Costa Rica Urged to Repair Early Defects on Circunvalación Norte

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Cracks, open joints, drainage problems and rapidly fading road markings have appeared along the newest section of Circunvalación Norte, just 17 months after the...
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Jabiru Count Brings Hope for Costa Rica’s Threatened Wetlands

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Costa Rica’s latest national jabiru count recorded nine active nests and 19 chicks during the 2026 breeding season, offering cautious hope for one of...
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Costa Rica Tourism Faces Pressure After Visitor Arrivals Fall in June

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Costa Rica’s tourism industry is preparing for a more difficult second half of 2026 after international arrivals by air declined in June, ending eight...
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The Costa Rica I Remember From the 1990s

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Lately I have seen an abundance of AI-generated clips portraying happy scenes of how life was back in the day. One shows Christmas 1985,...
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Why “Diablo” Got Only Three Months in Costa Rica Custody

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A Costa Rican court has ordered three months and 22 days of preventive detention for a man surnamed Arias, known by the alias "Diablo,"...
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Researchers in Costa Rica Document a Remora Clinging to a Nesting Turtle

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On a dark night last September on the Osa Peninsula, a female olive ridley sea turtle dragged herself out of the Pacific to nest...
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Costa Rica Moves to Widen Extradition of Its Own Citizens

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President Laura Fernández asked lawmakers on Monday to widen the narrow list of crimes for which Costa Rica may hand its own citizens over...
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Costa Rica Reworks $400 Million Limón Hospital Tender After Failed Bid

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Costa Rica's public health system is preparing to relaunch the tender for a new hospital in Limón during the final week of July, seven...
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Rare Costa Rica Video Shows Sunbittern Defending Its Ground

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Today we meet the sunbittern, a unique bird that’s nearly impossible to see until it screams its presence at you. And the remiges? Don’t...
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Rincón de la Vieja volcano raised to caution level after 38 eruptions

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If you have a Rincón de la Vieja hike or a hot springs day trip on your calendar, the volcano's official activity level went...
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Costa Rica Shuts Four Kilometers of Ruta 2 on Saturday for the Romería

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If you drive between San José and Cartago, get ready to lose the road on Saturday. On August 1, Traffic Police plan to close...
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Costa Rica Expels Second-Division Club for 10 Years Over Match-Fixing

The Costa Rican Football Federation has thrown a second-division club out of the sport for ten years after its investigators concluded the team took...
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Trump’s Granddaughter Puts Guanacaste Beach Town in Front of 1.5 Million Viewers

A travel vlog posted last week by Kai Trump, the eldest granddaughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has put a small stretch of Guanacaste...
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Ride-app protest could slow your drive across the Valle Central this morning

If you have a flight out of Juan Santamaría today, a shuttle booked to the airport, or a drive between Cartago and San José,...
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Costa Rica Ferry to Nicoya Peninsula Loses Two Daily Sailings

If you cross between Puntarenas and the southern Nicoya Peninsula in the next few weeks, expect fewer sailings, fuller boats and longer waits at...
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