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‘Costa Rica recognizes the rights you always deserved’: President Alvarado’s message on marriage equality

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Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado, who supported same-sex marriage during his candidacy and marched during the 2019 pride parade in San José, shared a lengthy message of support for marriage equality.
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Costa Rica becomes first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage

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Costa Rica has become the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Costa Rica hours away from legalizing same-sex marriage

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Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will be able to marry as of May 26, when a judicial provision that authorizes these marriages will enter into force. 
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Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica is days away after motion to delay is defeated

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Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica will be legal on May 26. 
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Same-sex marriage will be legal in Costa Rica on May 26. Some legislators hope to delay it

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In the midst of a pandemic, Costa Rica rapidly approaches a historic milestone.
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Costa Rica-based IRCA Casabierta provides resources for LGBTQ refugees

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IRCA Casabierta, based in Costa Rica, supports refugees who are members of the LGBTQ community.
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Some progress, and a complicated legacy, 10 months after Sergio Rojas’s murder

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After the murder of Sergio Rojas, the struggle to regain indigenous land has continued.
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Therapeutic abortion regulation unleashes political storm in Costa Rica

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Many doctors fear performing a therapeutic abortion because of the lack of a protocol that establishes the procedures to follow
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