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Femicides in Costa Rica Continue to Fuel Alarm Over Violence Against Women

Tico Times - April 11, 2026

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Fuel Spill in Limón Reaches Rivers and Caribbean Coast

Expat Living

Costa Rica Bill Seeks to Guarantee Public Access to Beaches

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U.S. State Department Keeps Costa Rica Travel Warning

Honduras

Former Honduras President Thanks Trump For Overturned US Conviction

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said Wednesday that a United States appeals court overturned the 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking that had...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Battles Wildfire in Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve

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Costa Rica environmental officials are battling a wildfire that has now spread into the Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve in Guanacaste after first burning on...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Inauguration Set as Former Presidents Are Left Off Guest List

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Costa Rica’s May 8 presidential inauguration has been moved up to 11:00 a.m. at the National Stadium, two hours earlier than originally planned, as...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica INS Dismissals Prompt Outrage Over Unequal Labor Rules

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Rules for some and not for others as Costa Rica’s INS admits firing pregnant workers and employees days from retirement. The INS case cuts...

Crime

Costa Rica Warns of Rising Wildlife Trafficking in Osa During Nesting Season

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Illegal wildlife trafficking is again flaring in Costa Rica’s Osa region, where authorities say late March and early April mark the most intense stretch...

News

Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce to Host International Sport Fishing Tournament

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Golfo Dulce is gearing up to host the Battle of the Bay, a sport fishing tournament set to take place from May 8 to...

Environment and Wildlife

The Cologne Scent Scientists Use to Photograph Jaguars in Costa Rica

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Civetone is a powerful macrocyclic ketone and the primary odoriferous constituent of natural civet. Known for its warm, intensely animalic, and powdery-musky scent, it...

News

Southwest and Delta Raise Bag Fees for Costa Rica Flights

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Southwest and Delta have both raised checked bag fees again, adding to the cost of flying to Costa Rica at a time when many...

Costa Rica

Despite Costa Rica Deal, U.S. Still Seeks to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

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The U.S. government told a federal judge Tuesday that it still intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, even after Costa Rica agreed...

News

Lauren Sánchez Says Cocos Island Visit With Jeff Bezos Was About Marine Protection

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Lauren Sánchez said her recent visit to Costa Rica’s Cocos Island with Jeff Bezos was tied to marine conservation work, offering the clearest explanation...