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From Luxury Real Estate to Nature: A Costa Rican Journey

What do you think of when you hear the word luxury? Sleeping wrapped in satin sheets? Sipping Dom Perignon while soaking in a bubble...

The Forgotten Helicopter: A Glimpse into Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula Logging Past

On the shore of Golfo Dulce in the Osa Peninsula, in a tiny town called Rincon, sits an abandoned helicopter. It is the last...

Uber Eats Under Fire: New Costa Rican Bill Aims to Boost Delivery Worker Conditions

The Frente Amplio party presented a new bill that, according to its members, aims to improve the working conditions of delivery drivers. Sofía Guillén,...

Navigating the Dangers of Online Job Scams in Costa Rica

You find yourself in Costa Rica, wanting to hang around a while, but you need money. You begin looking for that great online job...

Expat Life in Costa Rica: Earning Your Badges of Honor

You’ve done it. You successfully left behind the traditional life that you were most likely going to live. Instead of getting the job, signing...

The Unexpected Path to Professional Wildlife Monitoring in Costa Rica

For five years now it has been my official job to confidently walk into the jungle, crash around looking for the best possible locations,...
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Celebrating Costa Rica’s Independence Day

September is an important cultural month in Costa Rica; it is the month of the nation, celebrating the country’s Independence Day. If you know...

Costa Rica’s Aging Population Faces Pension Crisis

A new study by the School of Medicine and the Development Observatory Research Center (CIOdD), both of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), revealed...

Violence Against Women Rises in Costa Rica

In recent years, violence against women in Costa Rica has been on the rise. The latest survey by the Center for Research and Political...