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Costa Rica Rescue Teams Continue Search for Missing Swimmer

Tico Times - April 4, 2026

Latin America

Nicaraguans Mark Holy Week with Street Processions Banned

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Costa Rica To Reverse Route 27 Traffic to San Jose After Easter

Cuba

Cuba Frees 2,010 Prisoners as Trump Pressure and US Talks Intensify

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Is El Salvador Winning the Central America Tourism Race?

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The numbers tell a story that Costa Rica's tourism industry cannot afford to ignore. In 2019, before the pandemic reshaped global travel, Costa Rica...

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Costa Rica Birdwatchers Make Puriscal a Must Visit

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Puriscal is one of Costa Rica's best-kept birdwatching secrets a rugged, forested area in the province of San José that sits at around 945...

Brazil

Brazil Congress Approves Shared Pet Custody for Separating Couples

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No more arguments over who gets the dog. The Brazilian Congress has passed a bill that will let separating couples share custody of their...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Oversight Body Warns U.S. Deportation Deal Could Trigger Rights Violations

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A Costa Rican oversight body is warning that the country risks repeating human rights violations if it moves ahead with a new agreement to...

Health

Costa Rica May Pay Private Doctors to Ease Appointment Backlog

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Costa Rica’s public health system is again weighing a move that would have seemed unthinkable a few years ago: paying private doctors directly to...

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Astronauts begin NASA’s historic Artemis II lunar mission

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Four Artemis II mission astronauts blasted off Wednesday aboard a massive NASA rocket on a journey that will take them around the Moon, the...

Latin America

Nicaragua Rejects United States Claims of Holy Week Celebration Ban

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Nicaragua denied Wednesday that it is prohibiting Holy Week celebrations, countering accusations from the United States and opposition voices that public processions have been...

Expat Living

What It’s Like to Be Agnostic in Costa Rica

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Pura Vida may be the unofficial slogan of Costa Rica, but Vivir y Deja Vivir– Live and let live– would be equally fitting. Everywhere...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Included in New U.S. Greater North America Security Strategy

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Costa Rica has been folded into a new U.S. strategic concept that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls “Greater North America,” a label the Trump...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Takes Over Leadership of the OAS Permanent Council

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Costa Rica took over the rotating chair of the Organization of American States Permanent Council today, placing Ambassador Alejandra Solano at the head of...