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What Costa Rica Taught Me About Loving a Reliable Truck

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I love my truck more than you love your vehicle. I’m not a car guy. I never have been. I always owned used vehicles...
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New Costa Rica Rules Could Void Shareholder Meeting Decisions

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Under Costa Rica law, several types of powers of attorney can be granted to allow one person to represent another. Although the term includes...
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Puriscal Is Becoming a Top Place to Live and Invest in Costa Rica

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In the hills southwest of San José, Puriscal has steadily become one of Costa Rica’s most appealing places for investors, retirees, and families seeking...
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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

Lindsay Losasso -
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 Remains a Top Retirement Destination for People From the United States

Costa Rica is once again benefiting from a growing shift among older Americans who are looking outside the United States for their next chapter....
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Costa Rica Assembly Races the Clock on Sanction Against Fabricio Alvarado

The sexual harassment case that has dominated the final weeks of Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly reached its final stage on Friday, though with an...
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American Flamingo Rescued in Costa Rica Continues Recovery

An American flamingo rescued in Limón in June 2025 is still recovering under specialized care after arriving in critical condition, and the latest update...
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Costa Rica Sees Ongoing Spike in Digital Fraud Tied to Travel and Payments

Costa Rica’s fraud problem is moving fast online, and travel is one of the clearest targets. What used to look like isolated scams now...
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