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The Reality of Moving to Costa Rica: A Family’s 3-Month Cultural Experiment

Don Mateo - February 19, 2025

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Costa Rica Corporate Reporting Guide For Expat Business Owners

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Foreign Buyers Drive Costa Rican Mountain Town Land Prices Up

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Thinking of Moving to Costa Rica? The Good, Bad & ‘Experts’ You’ll Meet

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Costa Rica No Longer #1 Retirement Destination in 2025

Tico Times -

Costa Rica ranks third in the Best Places to Retire in 2025: The Annual Global Retirement Index, published by International Living. Although it remains...

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Is Progress Always Good? A Decade of Change in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Vincent Losasso -

A decade is a period of ten years. The definition doesn’t change. I’m starting to realize that the sensation of a decade slowly changes...

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Life in Costa Rica: An Expat’s View of San Jose’s Metropolitan Area

Don Mateo -

The GAM– La Gran Area Metropolitana– is the acronym for the greater metro area of San Jose. It extends as far west as Atenas...

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Costa Rica Pacific Coast Drive Then and Now

Don Mateo -

Last weekend I took a Costa Rican road trip: Perez Zeledon to Dominical, Dominical to Quepos, Quepos to La Palma de Puerto Jimenez and...

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Costa Rica Grocery Store Guide: Local Products and Shopping Tips

Sarah Jordan -

Chances are you shop local if you call Tiquicia home or spend enough time in Costa Rica. You head out to the feria, frutería...

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Costa Ricans to Rally Against Gentrification Takeover

Tico Times -

A group of Costa Ricans will protest gentrification this upcoming Friday at 10 a.m. in front of the Legislative Assembly. According to the organization...