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Costa Rica Sports History: A soccer match at The Old National Stadium
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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: Pan Am Flight 421 crashes in Costa Rica on this day in 1980
Costa Rica Sports History: A soccer match at The Old National Stadium
Alejandro Zúñiga
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December 7, 2021
Soccer in Costa Rica has come a long way.
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Thanksgiving in Costa Rica was a long time coming
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November 25, 2021
In this #TBT piece, we looked back on days of turkey scarcity.
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San José, Costa Rica: One of the first cities with electricity
Alejandro Zúñiga
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September 30, 2021
In 1884, San José, Costa Rica, became one of the first cities in the world to be illuminated with electric lighting.
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TBT: Pan Am Flight 421 crashes in Costa Rica on this day in 1980
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September 3, 2020
On this day in 1980, a Boeing 727 operating Pan American World Airways flight 421 crashed short of Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport.
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Costa Rica’s imposing Rio Grande railway bridge
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November 28, 2019
The Rio Grande railway bridge is one of Costa Rica's most impressive architectural achievements
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TBT: Pan American Clipper connects Costa Rica to Texas
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October 3, 2019
In December 1946, Pan American Airways connected Costa Rica with a direct flight to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas.
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TBT: Costa Rica’s gift of happiness
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September 26, 2019
Why are Costa Ricans so happy? It might just be because of the talking, anthropomorphic sloths.
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TBT: Pan American ad invites you to a Central American ‘fiesta’
Alejandro Zúñiga
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September 19, 2019
Pan American Airlines flew regularly to Costa Rica until 1981.
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TBT: When LACSA flew the colors of Costa Rica across the Americas
Alejandro Zúñiga
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May 23, 2019
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
Alejandro Zúñiga
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April 11, 2019
The featured photograph shows a mid-1920s postal stamp for air mail in Costa Rica.
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Tico Times #TBT: A 1947 documentary of Costa Rica
Alejandro Zúñiga
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April 4, 2019
The nine-minute documentary showcases life in Costa Rica in the 1940s, as viewed through the lens of United States filmmaker James A. Fitzpatrick.
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Tico Times #TBT: Small lake forms after earthquake
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March 14, 2019
This Library of Congress photo, dated between 1880 and 1900, shows a small lake that formed after an earthquake in Costa Rica.
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Memories of Costa Rica Travel
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March 7, 2019
If you live in Costa Rica, you may have had to explain to friends why Taco Bell is part of your address.
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Pan Am Airlines ceases flights to Costa Rica: A Look Back
Alejandro Zúñiga
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January 31, 2019
A Pan Am map cited "beautiful girls galore" in Costa Rica (and also wild orchids).
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