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Costa Rican President Meets with Panama’s Favored Presidential Candidate

Tico Times - April 19, 2024

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IMF to Give a $510 Million to Boost Costa Rica’s Economy

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Costa Rica Coffee Farmers Forced to Innovate as Rainfall Plummets

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UCR Confirms Xylene Behind San José Water Contamination

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Costa Rica Christmas and New Year’s Expressions

A visit to Costa during the Christmas holidays can you tell you a lot about Costa Rican culture and people.

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Search Efforts Continue for Missing Men in Costa Rica’s Tarcoles River

The ongoing search for an uncle and nephew reported missing while kayaking on the Tarcoles River, in Escobal de Atenas, Alajuela, has taken a...

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Microclimates Make Costa Rica A Miniature Natural Marvel

I was talking with a tourist from Colombia. He said that Costa Rica was beautiful and wild and contained astounding naturaleza, but that Colombia...

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Costa Rica Wildlife – Meet the Central American Lyre Snake

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Which medium-sized to large snake has a slightly compressed body, large eyes with vertically elliptical pupils, and loves to show up in my backyard?...

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Camera Trap Notebook – Lost in the Costa Rica Jungle

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There are a few things that are in the front of my mind when I hop out of the truck and start walking into...

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Costa Rica’s Pride: Hernández at IACHR

In a significant development for the judicial landscape of the Americas, Costa Rican judge Nancy Hernández has been appointed as the new president of...

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Costa Rica’s Single-Use Plastics Ban Takes Effect

The law that bans single-use plastics in Costa Rica comes into force on April 20th. This measure, approved in 2021, seeks to eliminate materials...

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Returning a Lost Wallet in Costa Rica: A Story of Honesty and Reflection

Early one morning in the waning days of the pandemic, I found a wallet in the street while cycling. The contents consisted of 8,000...

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Costa Rican President Meets with Panama’s Favored Presidential Candidate

The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, received José Raúl Mulino in San José yesterday. Mulino is the protégé of former President Ricardo Martinelli...

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