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Tico Times - June 30, 2026

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Costa Rica Carries Out Second Mass Deportation Flight

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Costa Rica’s Ethanol Gasoline Plan Faces New Delay

Costa Rica Geologists Call for National Plan as Illegal Gold Mining Spreads

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Costa Rica’s illegal gold mining problem is no longer confined to the long-running Crucitas debate, the Colegio de Geólogos de Costa Rica warned, calling...

Costa Rican Soccer Hit by Match-Fixing Scandal

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Costa Rican soccer is facing one of its most serious integrity cases in recent years after three players were suspended for 15 years over...

Costa Rica Carries Out Second Mass Deportation Flight

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Costa Rica carried out its second mass aerial deportation of foreign nationals today, sending 26 people to Colombia and Ecuador in an operation...

Costa Rica’s Ethanol Gasoline Plan Faces New Delay

The Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Costa Rica’s plan to begin selling gasoline mixed with ethanol is still moving forward, but drivers may have to wait longer than expected before...

Costa Rica Study Finds Rare Red Spiny Lobster Population Hidden for 40 Years

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Divers and fishermen have long called spiny lobsters "bugs," a nod to their long antennae and armored, insect like build. For more than four...

Costa Rica Sinkhole Still Unfixed After One Month

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

One month after a major sinkhole opened on Route 27 at kilometer 56 near Orotina, Costa Rica still has no definitive date for a...

What Is an Arribada? Costa Rica’s Mass Turtle Nesting Event Explained

Guest Author - June 29, 2026

Every year, on a stretch of dark volcanic sand on the Nicoya Peninsula, one of Costa Rica’s most remarkable wildlife events unfolds. Thousands, and...

Frontier Airlines Set to Leave San José, Costa Rica, in Latest Route Cut

Tico Times - June 29, 2026

Frontier Airlines is preparing to pull back from San José, Costa Rica, removing its service at Juan Santamaría Airport from the schedule as part...

Costa Rica Rounds Bus, Taxi and Toll Fares as the ₡5 Coin Exits

Tico Times - June 29, 2026

Hundreds of bus fares, along with selected taxi, train and toll charges, will shift up or down by a few colones starting July 1,...

Costa Rica’s Mid-Year School Break Raises Dropout Concerns

The Tico Times - June 29, 2026

Costa Rica’s upcoming mid-year school vacation is drawing renewed concern from education specialists, who warn that the two-week break can become a turning point...