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Costa Rica Debate Grows Over Moving Annexation Holiday

Tico Times - May 24, 2026

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Costa Rican Cinema Makes History With Cannes Acting Award

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Chayanne Thrills Costa Rica Fans at Estadio Nacional Concert

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Costa Rica to Host 2026 K-POP World Festival National Final at UCR

Karol G Adds Second Costa Rica Concert After High Demand

Colombian star Karol G has added a second concert in Costa Rica after tickets for her first National Stadium show sold out within hours....

Costa Rica to Host 2026 Latin American Karting Championship

Costa Rica will host the 2026 Latin American Karting Championship this weekend, bringing one of the region’s largest karting events to the P1 Speedway...

Costa Rica Art City Tour Returns to San José With Chepe Bajo la Lluvia

The Art City Tour (ACT) will continue its 2026 season with the event “Chepe bajo la lluvia” (“San José in the Rain”), an initiative...

Starbucks Debuts Summer Menu in Costa Rica with Four New Drinks

Starbucks has rolled out its 2026 summer menu at participating stores across Costa Rica, with four featured beverages now available as part of a...

Costa Rica’s Ballet Nacional Brings Sleeping Beauty to the Teatro Nacional

The Ballet Nacional de Costa Rica will bring Sleeping Beauty to the Teatro Nacional on June 6 and 7, staging one of classical ballet’s...

Indie Drama “Hope/Esperanza” Filming in Costa Rica Through End of May

Cameras are rolling across Costa Rica on Hope/Esperanza, an indie romantic drama from Oscar-winning producer Mark Johnson, with principal photography set to continue at...

Costa Rican Town Gears Up for Its National Strawberry Fair

Vara Blanca will once again put strawberries at the center of local life as the Heredia mountain community prepares to host the 14th edition...

Nicaragua Memory Museum Opens in San José to Preserve Stories of 2018 Repression

A new Museum of Memory has opened in San José, Costa Rica, giving Nicaraguan exiles and victims’ families a public space to document the...

Karol G to Headline Costa Rica Concert at National Stadium

Colombian superstar Karol G will return to Costa Rica on November 27, bringing her new Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour to the National Stadium...

Costa Rica Releases New Collectible Coin Honoring Arenal Volcano

Costa Rica will release a new ₡25 coin on Wednesday that pays tribute to Arenal Volcano, putting one of Alajuela’s best-known landmarks into the...

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