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Costa Rica Bill Seeks to Guarantee Public Access to Beaches

Tico Times - April 10, 2026

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Costa Rica’s Banco Nacional changes BN Móvil and online banking access

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What It’s Like to Be Agnostic in Costa Rica

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Living in Costa Rica: The Experiences That Make It Feel Like Home

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Costa Rica Sees Dollar Below 470 as Colón Strengthens Further

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

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

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

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

Vincent Losasso -

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

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

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

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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Costa Rica Closes 150 Schools in a Decade as Enrollment Drops

The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) reports that 150 schools have shut their doors over the past 10 years, a direct result of falling...

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Costa Rican Spending on International Travel Hits New All Time High

Costa Ricans spent a record $2.127 billion on trips abroad in 2025, the first-time outbound travel spending has crossed the $2 billion mark. The...

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The Mystery of Costa Rica’s Cocos Island and the Lost Treasure Legend

Cocos Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 550 kilometers southwest of Costa Rica's mainland, a place so remote and so shrouded in...

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Jannik Sinner Beats Carlos Alcaraz to Win Monte Carlo Masters 2026

Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for the first time, claim his first ATP Masters...

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Costa Rica’s Barva Volcano Access Restricted for Several Months

Access to the Barva Volcano area of Braulio Carrillo National Park will remain restricted for several months, with Costa Rican authorities limiting entry as...

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