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Costa Rican Chorreador Reaches Pope Leo XIV in Gift Rooted in Coffee Tradition

Tico Times - June 9, 2026

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Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

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Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

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Costa Rica Crowns New Miss Universe Representative Tonight

Costa Rican Chorreador Reaches Pope Leo XIV in Gift Rooted in Coffee Tradition

Tico Times - June 9, 2026

A Costa Rican chorreador, one of our country’s most familiar coffee brewers, has reached an unlikely destination: the hands of Pope Leo XIV. The...

Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

Tico Times - June 6, 2026

Mariale Acosta was crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026 on Friday night at the Costa Rica Convention Center, completing a comeback that had made...

Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

Tico Times - June 5, 2026

For children in Costa Rica’s most remote communities, the distance between home and school is not measured in minutes. It is measured in hours...

Costa Rica Crowns New Miss Universe Representative Tonight

Tico Times - June 5, 2026

Tonight, under the lights of one of San José's premier venues, a new queen will be crowned to represent Costa Rica at the Miss...

Facebook Still Leads in Costa Rica, but TikTok Is Growing Fastest

Tico Times - June 2, 2026

Facebook remains the most widely used social network in Costa Rica, with eight in 10 adults who own a cell phone using the platform...

Paul McCartney Turned a Rainy Costa Rica Day Off Into a New Song

Tico Times - June 1, 2026

Costa Rica's rain has been immortalized in one of Paul McCartney's newest songs. The legendary British musician revealed that "First Star of the Night,"...

Costa Rica Names Its Best Coffees of 2026 at the Cup of Excellence

Tico Times - June 1, 2026

A Java-variety coffee grown in the Los Santos region claimed the top spot among washed coffees in Costa Rica's Taza de la Excelencia (Cup...

Ed Sheeran Brings LOOP Tour to Costa Rica This Saturday

Tico Times - May 27, 2026

San José is gearing up for one of the biggest concert events the country has seen in years. On Saturday, May 30, 2026, British...

Costa Rica Debate Grows Over Moving Annexation Holiday

Tico Times - May 24, 2026

Nicoya authorities are pushing back against a proposal in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly that would move the July 25 holiday commemorating the Annexation of...

Costa Rican Cinema Makes History With Cannes Acting Award

Tico Times - May 23, 2026

Costa Rican cinema reached a new milestone Friday, May 22, when actresses Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariángel Villegas shared the Best Actress award in...