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Exacerbated by pandemic, Costa Ricans face long hospital wait times

Alejandro Zúñiga -
The waiting time for a non-emergency surgery at Costa Rica's public hospitals has reached more than 520 days, up considerably compared to before the pandemic.

Costa Rica issues sanitary alert over enhancement products

Costa Rican diet contains too much salt, Health Ministry says

Costa Rica’s public health care system facing financial strains

Costa Rica’s public health system welcomes first IVF baby

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Costa Rica to Inaugurate Restoration Project of Locomotive 130 and Open a Railroad Mural

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
The Association of Specific Development for the Preservation of...
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When is a duck not a duck?

Costa Rica Vincent Losasso -
When it’s a black-bellied whistling duck.  If you don’t know...
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10 Benefits of Natural Aloe Vera: A Tropical Wonder Plant

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Home Gardening: Check some of the exceptional healing properties of aloe.

Costa Rica celebrates 74 years without an army

Costa Rica Alejandro Zúñiga -
Costa Rica on Monday is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the abolition of its army.

2 Bodies Retrieved from Costa Rica Plane Crash

Costa Rica AFP -
Costa Rican rescue groups found Saturday the bodies of two people who were traveling in a small plane that crashed Friday in the Caribbean...

Costa Rica Boy Snatched By Crocodile In Front Of His Family

Costa Rica The Tico Times -
Costa Rica authorities continued their search for a small boy that was attacked by a large crocodile late Sunday afternoon. The boy was spending...

Lula, elected president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

Brazil AFP -
The leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will return to power in Brazil for the third time after defeating the far-right Jair...

Costa Rica Airfare Deal: Flights Starting at just $329

Costa Rica Tico Times -
It seems that airfare to anywhere, much less Costa Rica, is getting more and more expensive these days with prices being especially expensive during...

Unfulfilled Promises Hinder the Development of Costa Rica’s Limon Province

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
Limón Province is gorgeous and could easily be one of the most prosperous regions in Costa Rica. Its natural and scenic beauty, wide range...

Meet the White-nosed Coati

Costa Rica Vincent Losasso -
The sloths, monkeys and wild cats may be the headliners, but the white-nosed coati is secretly Costa Rica’s most famous mammal. Or at the...

Costa Rica Expat Life: La Pobrecita

Costa Rica Don Mateo -
Recently I was driving from Dominical to Quepos, on the Costenara highway. My first 20 yearsin Costa Rica, this 40km stretch was unpaved, a...

Saprissa Wins its 37th Costa Rican Soccer Title

Soccer The Tico Times -
Deportivo Saprissa won its 37th title in Costa Rican soccer on Saturday despite losing, 1-0, to Club Sport Herediano in the second leg of...
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Traditional Christmas Concerts kickstart Holiday Season in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica (OSNCR) and the National Symphonic Choir will unite this week to present the traditional Christmas Concerts in...
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Costa Rican government presents National Development and Public Investment Plan 2023-2026

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
The Costa Rican government presented the National Development and Public Investment Plan (PNDIP) 2023-2026. The activity was held at the F5 auditorium of the...
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Meet the White-nosed Coati

Costa Rica Vincent Losasso -
The sloths, monkeys and wild cats may be the headliners, but the white-nosed coati is secretly Costa Rica’s most famous mammal. Or at the...
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Costa Rica celebrates 74 years without an army

Costa Rica Alejandro Zúñiga -
Costa Rica on Monday is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the abolition of its army.
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Costa Rican government to install scanners at ports and airports in 2023

Business Ileana Fernandez -
The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, announced last Wednesday the implementation of a project to place scanners in ports to combat smuggling and...
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