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Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her

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A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends.
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Red Tide Spreads in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and Cooking Won’t Make Shellfish Safe

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SENASA widened the Gulf of Nicoya red tide ban. Cooking doesn't make oysters, mussels or pianguas safe.
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Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll

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Rebeca Grynspan won 12 of 15 Security Council votes in the eighth UN secretary-general straw poll.
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Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground

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If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow...
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Costa Rica Removes Don Pepe Figueres Monument After Protest Vandalism

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth removed the bronze monument to former President José Figueres Ferrer from San José’s Plaza de la Democracia...
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A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest

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Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a...
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Local Elections Drove Costa Rica’s CPTPP Reversal, Sources Say

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Concerns about the 2028 municipal elections helped drive Costa Rica's decision to abandon its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...
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Your $1,000 Now Buys 46,810 Fewer Colones Than in January

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The US dollar slipped again in Costa Rica this week, leaving anyone who earns in dollars and spends in colones with noticeably less buying...
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5,000 Shareholders, No Dividends and a Court Order for Hospital CIMA’s Top Executive

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A civil court in San José has ordered Clifton Neal Orme, the legal representative of Hospital CIMA, to appear in person and testify in...
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Costa Rica’s First Direct Flight From Poland Lands in Guanacaste

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Costa Rica's first direct flight from Poland landed in Guanacaste on Nov. 5, launching weekly LOT charters from Katowice through Dec. 17.
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Costa Rica’s Tropical Depression Risk Fades but the Downpours Don’t

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The low-pressure system off Central America's Pacific coast is now less likely to become a tropical depression, but that doesn't mean a dry weekend...
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Costa Rica Voted World’s Most Desirable Country by 250,000 Travelers

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Costa Rica has been voted the most desirable country in the world by readers of British travel magazine Wanderlust, taking gold in the worldwide...
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Costa Rica Unemployment Climbs to 6.5% With 20,000 More Out of Work

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Costa Rica's unemployment rate rose to 6.5% in the July-to-September quarter, up from 5.7% a year earlier, according to the National Institute of Statistics...
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National Geographic Names Costa Rica Central America’s Ultimate Nature Escape

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National Geographic's new guide calls Costa Rica Central America's ultimate nature escape and maps six regions for travelers, as US arrivals slip.
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Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her

A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends.
Read more

Red Tide Spreads in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and Cooking Won’t Make Shellfish Safe

SENASA widened the Gulf of Nicoya red tide ban. Cooking doesn't make oysters, mussels or pianguas safe.
Read more

Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll

Rebeca Grynspan won 12 of 15 Security Council votes in the eighth UN secretary-general straw poll.
Read more

Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground

If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow...
Read more