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João Fonseca Heads to Cincinnati With Expectations Rising

Steven Hodel -
João Fonseca will arrive at the 2026 Cincinnati Open carrying something heavier than the enthusiasm that followed him onto the same courts last year:...
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The Costa Rica I Remember From the 1990s

Don Mateo -
Lately I have seen an abundance of AI-generated clips portraying happy scenes of how life was back in the day. One shows Christmas 1985,...
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Why “Diablo” Got Only Three Months in Costa Rica Custody

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A Costa Rican court has ordered three months and 22 days of preventive detention for a man surnamed Arias, known by the alias "Diablo,"...
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Researchers in Costa Rica Document a Remora Clinging to a Nesting Turtle

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On a dark night last September on the Osa Peninsula, a female olive ridley sea turtle dragged herself out of the Pacific to nest...
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Costa Rica Moves to Widen Extradition of Its Own Citizens

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President Laura Fernández asked lawmakers on Monday to widen the narrow list of crimes for which Costa Rica may hand its own citizens over...
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Costa Rica Reworks $400 Million Limón Hospital Tender After Failed Bid

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Costa Rica's public health system is preparing to relaunch the tender for a new hospital in Limón during the final week of July, seven...
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Costa Rica’s First Gold Lands as Four Clubs enter Copa Centroamericana

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The Concacaf Copa Centroamericana kicks off its fourth edition Tuesday, and although opening night belongs to clubs from Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala,...
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Rare Costa Rica Video Shows Sunbittern Defending Its Ground

Vincent Losasso -
Today we meet the sunbittern, a unique bird that’s nearly impossible to see until it screams its presence at you. And the remiges? Don’t...
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Rincón de la Vieja volcano raised to caution level after 38 eruptions

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If you have a Rincón de la Vieja hike or a hot springs day trip on your calendar, the volcano's official activity level went...
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Costa Rica Shuts Four Kilometers of Ruta 2 on Saturday for the Romería

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If you drive between San José and Cartago, get ready to lose the road on Saturday. On August 1, Traffic Police plan to close...
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Costa Rica’s President Praises Diablo Capture and Defends Cutting the Courts That Made It

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President Laura Fernández Delgado has spent the days since Costa Rica's most significant arrest in a decade making two arguments at once. She has...
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Why Two Fitness Veterans Chose Costa Rica to Launch a New Peptide Company: Peptides Costa Rica

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Costa Rica is known internationally as one of the healthiest places on the planet. Its pura vida lifestyle, outdoor recreation, and its focus on...
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Costa Rica Puts Its Blue Zone Centenarians on the Government Payroll

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The government has formalized a program dedicated to the roughly 70 people over the age of 100 living in the Nicoya Peninsula Blue Zone,...
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Costa Rica Investigated Possible Drug Money Inside Soccer Club

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Costa Rican investigators examined whether money from an alleged international cocaine-trafficking organization was invested in Puerto Golfito F.C., a former second-division soccer club based...
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João Fonseca Heads to Cincinnati With Expectations Rising

João Fonseca will arrive at the 2026 Cincinnati Open carrying something heavier than the enthusiasm that followed him onto the same courts last year:...
Read more

The Costa Rica I Remember From the 1990s

Lately I have seen an abundance of AI-generated clips portraying happy scenes of how life was back in the day. One shows Christmas 1985,...
Read more

Why “Diablo” Got Only Three Months in Costa Rica Custody

A Costa Rican court has ordered three months and 22 days of preventive detention for a man surnamed Arias, known by the alias "Diablo,"...
Read more

Researchers in Costa Rica Document a Remora Clinging to a Nesting Turtle

On a dark night last September on the Osa Peninsula, a female olive ridley sea turtle dragged herself out of the Pacific to nest...
Read more
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