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Is Costa Rica Losing Its Tourism Edge in Central America?

Don Mateo - August 7, 2026

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Starbucks Opens 33rd Costa Rica Store as Dunkin Expands

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Dollar Stuck Near ₡450 as Costa Rica Keeps Policy Rate

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San José’s Parque Central Closes for Six Months of Renovation

Is Costa Rica Losing Its Tourism Edge in Central America?

Don Mateo - August 7, 2026

Imagine that the seven nations of Central America are participants in a race. The race has no finish line. Instead it's an ongoing competition...

Starbucks Opens 33rd Costa Rica Store as Dunkin Expands

The Tico Times - August 5, 2026

Starbucks has opened its 33rd store in Costa Rica while Dunkin' adds locations in Zapote and Sabana Este, intensifying competition in the country's coffee and doughnut market.

Dollar Stuck Near ₡450 as Costa Rica Keeps Policy Rate

The Tico Times - August 5, 2026

The Banco Central de Costa Rica set its reference exchange rate on Wednesday at ₡449.80 for the purchase of United States dollars and ₡455.01...

San José’s Parque Central Closes for Six Months of Renovation

The Tico Times - August 5, 2026

If your route through downtown San José cuts across Parque Central, you need a new one. The park closed Monday and will stay closed...

Renting Versus Buying in Costa Rica and How to Decide

Guest Author - August 4, 2026

One longtime foreign resident of Costa Rica could buy a house or a condominium outright tomorrow. He has the cash, he has been here...

Costa Rica Makes Forbes 2026 List of Best Places to Retire

The Tico Times - August 2, 2026

Costa Rica has again been named one of the world's best places for Americans to retire, appearing in the 2026 edition of the Forbes...

The Costa Rica I Remember From the 1990s

Don Mateo - July 28, 2026

Lately I have seen an abundance of AI-generated clips portraying happy scenes of how life was back in the day. One shows Christmas 1985,...

Watching the 2026 World Cup Final in a Costa Rica Dive Bar

Don Mateo - July 25, 2026

Since moving to Costa Rica in 1990, I have not missed a World Cup final. I've watched them from a bar, from a friend's...

A White-Knuckle Taxi Trip Through the Mountains of Costa Rica

Don Mateo - July 19, 2026

With my car doing what it does best– sitting idly in the carport awaiting a part– I walked twenty minutes in the dark down...

Costa Rica Traffic Ranks Second-Worst in the World

Guest Author - July 18, 2026

Costa Rica is ranked as the second-worst traffic in the world in Numbeo’s 2026 Mid-Year Traffic Index, placing behind only Nigeria and ahead of...

Dollar hits record low in Costa Rica for third straight day

The Tico Times - July 16, 2026

If your income arrives in dollars — a pension, Social Security, remote-work pay or rent from a property back home — this week quietly...

Liquid Blue Co-Founder Michael Vangerov Dies in Car Accident

The Tico Times - July 15, 2026

Michael Vangerov, a founding guitarist of the internationally touring band Liquid Blue and a fixture of the live music scene along Costa Rica's South...