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Racism and Soccer: Witnessing Prejudice at the 1997 CONCACAF Match in Costa Rica

Costa Rica squared off against the U.S. team in a World Cup Qualifying game on March 23, 1997, at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San...

The Global Origins of Thanksgiving: From the U.S. to Canada and Beyond

Those of us from the United States might think we hold the patent on the concept of Thanksgiving. Indeed, the November observance is one...

Costa Rica Expat Life: The Untold Story of Door-to-Door Sales Culture

If you live in a predominantly Tico barrio, you are likely familiar with vendedores ambulantes. These are the door-to-door salespeople who pass through selling...

From Costa Rica to Panama: How a U.S. Couple Found Peace Abroad

After the pandemic, people from all over the world made bold move to live abroad. This is the case for a U.S. couple, CoCo...

A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...

Costa Rica’s Mysterious Lago Cote and Its UFO Sighting History

Several years ago, I started a job that required me to spend the first two months in a small town near Volcan Arenal. It...
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Debunking Myths: Is Costa Rica Really a Socialist Country?

Facebook has numerous pages catering to the foreign community in Costa Rica. There are always a number of posts from people thinking about moving...

Costa Rican Telecom Industry Rocked by Huawei Corruption Allegations

The Costa Rican government announced it has filed a complaint against Huawei and its representative in the country, Yang Peng, along with two officials...

Costa Rica Strengthens Border Security with U.S. Donated Scanners

The two fixed scanners donated by the U.S. Embassy to Costa Rica, intended for the ports of Japdeva in Limón and Caldera in Puntarenas,...