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Avianca Offers Free Return Flights to Stranded Spirit Airlines Passengers

Tico Times - May 2, 2026

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Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Leaving Costa Rica Travelers Scrambling

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Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park Faces Pressure Over Tourism Growth

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Expands Marine Conservation Payments to Protect Hammerhead Sharks

Costa Rica Adds New Sustainable Luxury Hotel Near Playa Hermosa

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A new luxury beach hotel has opened near Playa Hermosa on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast, adding another high-end option to one of our...

Former Costa Rica Coach Miguel Herrera Lands Job With Historic Atlante

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Mexican coach Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera, dismissed by Costa Rica in November after the national team failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup,...

Costa Rica’s Ballet Nacional Brings Sleeping Beauty to the Teatro Nacional

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The Ballet Nacional de Costa Rica will bring Sleeping Beauty to the Teatro Nacional on June 6 and 7, staging one of classical ballet’s...

Panama’s Copa Airline Plans Major Growth with New Boeing Aircraft Order

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Panamanian airline Copa Airlines has announced an agreement for up to 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a deal valued at about $13.5 billion at...

Costa Rica Hilton-Affiliated Hotels Warn Customers About Reservation Scam

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Three Hilton-affiliated hotels in San José are warning customers about a fraud scheme in which scammers are posing as hotel employees to sell event...

Costa Rica Uses WWII-Era Ship to Support Marine Patrols

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A former U.S. military vessel built during World War II is now anchored in Costa Rica’s South Pacific, where it has taken on a...

Sherman Guity Trial Postponed After Defense Requests Psychiatric Evaluation

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The trial of Costa Rican Paralympic sprinter Sherman Guity, one of our country's most decorated athletes, failed to begin as scheduled this week after...

Costa Rica Enforces Seasonal Fishing Ban in Gulf of Nicoya

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Costa Rica’s annual fishing ban in the Gulf of Nicoya begins May 1, closing one of the country’s most important fishing areas for three...

Sweden Experiments With a Café Run Entirely by AI

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A café recently opened in a residential neighborhood of Stockholm that, with its avocado toast and frothy lattes, looks like a conventional spot, except...

Costa Rica Drug Suspect Cleared for U.S. Extradition

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Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, alias “Shock,” has been declared extraditable by authorities in the United Kingdom and is expected to be transferred to the...