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Costa Rica Sports History: A soccer match at The Old National Stadium

Alejandro Zúñiga - December 7, 2021

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Thanksgiving in Costa Rica was a long time coming

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San José, Costa Rica: One of the first cities with electricity

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TBT: Costa Rica’s most famous crocodile

Throwback Thursday

Costa Rica’s imposing Rio Grande railway bridge

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The Rio Grande railway bridge is one of Costa Rica's most impressive architectural achievements

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Pan American Clipper connects Costa Rica to Texas

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In December 1946, Pan American Airways connected Costa Rica with a direct flight to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Costa Rica’s gift of happiness

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Why are Costa Ricans so happy? It might just be because of the talking, anthropomorphic sloths.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Pan American ad invites you to a Central American ‘fiesta’

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Pan American Airlines flew regularly to Costa Rica until 1981.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: When LACSA flew the colors of Costa Rica across the Americas

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LACSA, or Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A., once flew the colors of Costa Rica throughout North, Central and South America.

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Costa Rica Aviation: A Mid-1920s Costa Rican air mail postage stamp

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The featured photograph shows a mid-1920s postal stamp for air mail in Costa Rica.

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