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Missing U.S. Tourist Found Dead in Costa Rica River

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Costa Rican authorities have confirmed the death of a missing U.S. tourist whose body was found in a river in a mountainous area of...
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Costa Rica Sees Dollar Below 470 as Colón Strengthens Further

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The wholesale currency market in Costa Rica opened the week on a note of continued colón strength. Yesterday, the weighted average dollar rate in...
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Costa Rica Faces Mounting Pressure as Aging Population Grows Fast

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Costa Rica is moving quickly toward a demographic shift that will test some of the country’s biggest public systems. What was once treated as...
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New Prepaid Card Lets Costa Ricans Pay Bus and Train Fares Without a Bank Account

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The Banco Central de Costa Rica presented the Monedero SINPE-TP this month. This prepaid contactless card lets people pay for rides on buses and...
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Costa Rica Wildlife Encounters at Home

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One of Costa Rica's main attractions is our plentiful wildlife. Tourists come to see monkeys, sloths, toucans and more in their natural habitats. But...
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What’s in a name? Naming nuance in Costa Rica

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We tend to assume the way names function in our home country is simply “normal.” Or at least I definitely did. As it turns...
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Cow Wrangling and Camera Trapping in Costa Rica

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I had just successfully reviewed the first four of five camera traps in a sleepy little town tucked into a rich valley bordering the...
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Costa Rica’s Strong Colon Is Forcing Central Bank Action

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The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) has ramped up its foreign exchange purchases this year to counter the colón's ongoing appreciation against the...
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Costa Rica’s Dollar Exchange Rate Hits 17-Year Low

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The dollar's exchange rate against the colon dropped further today in Costa Rica's foreign currency market, known as Monex. Data from the Central Bank...
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A Typical Day in Costa Rica From Roosters to Sunset in Manuel Antonio

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At my recent high school reunion, one curious ex-classmate asked me to describe a “typical day” for me in Costa Rica. I was stumped....
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Is It Viable to Apply a Tax on the Ultra-Rich in Latin America?

Applying the "Zucman tax," a levy on large fortunes, in seven Latin American countries would make it possible to raise $24 billion a year...
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Colombia to Euthanize Hippos to Control Pablo Escobar’s Invasive Herd

Colombia's government authorized the euthanasia of up to 80 hippos Monday as part of a new plan to curb the invasive population that started...
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Costa Rica’s Hello Brete Program Promises Free English Training

Outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves Robles stood before a crowd at the historic Antigua Aduana in San José, the venue for our country’s Hello Brete...
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How Costa Rica’s Strong Colón Became a Problem for the Economy

Costa Rica has spent much of the past decade walking a monetary tightrope, and the results have been extraordinary in some sectors and quietly...
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