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Bird Watching Helps Older Adults Stay Sharp, and in Costa Rica It Costs Almost Nothing

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A study of 1,684 nursing home residents found bird watching supports memory, mobility and social wellbeing. Here is how to set it up at home in Costa Rica.
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How Living in Costa Rica Changed the Way I See the World

Don Mateo -
When speaking of the 1980s and 90s, I like to refer to it as the previous century. “In the previous century, we didn’t have...
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Costa Rica Heads to Ecuador and Argentina Without Keylor Navas

Steven Hodel -
Bryan Ruiz will take Costa Rica into its toughest test of the year without Keylor Navas. The veteran goalkeeper was left out of the...
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Two Bull Sharks Found Dead in a Guanacaste Estuary They Had Never Been Known to Enter

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Two bull sharks, rays and fish were found dead in a sand-blocked estuary at Playa Langosta near Tamarindo. Environmental authorities are investigating the cause.
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French Woman Found Shot Dead Inside Her Guanacaste Home

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A 64-year-old French woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside her home in Cabo Velas, Santa Cruz, on Friday...
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Costa Rica’s First Female Extradition Suspect Faces Legal Battle Over Transfer to United States

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Appeal pauses extradition of La Güera, the first Costa Rican woman ordered sent to the US on cocaine charges.
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Costa Rica Prosecutors Investigate Pico Blanco Plane Crash That Killed Five

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Prosecutors in Costa Rica have opened a negligent homicide investigation into the November 2024 crash of a commercial passenger plane on Cerro Pico Blanco,...
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Prison Cases at Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Jump 124% Amid Crackdown

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Prison-related cases at Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber rose from 2,130 in 2020 to 4,780 in 2025, as tougher prison rules collide with the state's duty to feed and treat inmates.
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Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her

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A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends.
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Red Tide Spreads in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and Cooking Won’t Make Shellfish Safe

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SENASA widened the Gulf of Nicoya red tide ban. Cooking doesn't make oysters, mussels or pianguas safe.
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Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll

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Rebeca Grynspan won 12 of 15 Security Council votes in the eighth UN secretary-general straw poll.
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Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground

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If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow...
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Costa Rica Removes Don Pepe Figueres Monument After Protest Vandalism

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth removed the bronze monument to former President José Figueres Ferrer from San José’s Plaza de la Democracia...
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A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest

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Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a...
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Bird Watching Helps Older Adults Stay Sharp, and in Costa Rica It Costs Almost Nothing

A study of 1,684 nursing home residents found bird watching supports memory, mobility and social wellbeing. Here is how to set it up at home in Costa Rica.
Read more

How Living in Costa Rica Changed the Way I See the World

When speaking of the 1980s and 90s, I like to refer to it as the previous century. “In the previous century, we didn’t have...
Read more

Costa Rica Heads to Ecuador and Argentina Without Keylor Navas

Bryan Ruiz will take Costa Rica into its toughest test of the year without Keylor Navas. The veteran goalkeeper was left out of the...
Read more