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Growing Old in Costa Rica as an Expat and Immigrant

There are no readily available numbers for the number of foreigners, meaning non-Ticos, who die in Costa Rica each year. Between drownings, car crashes,...

What Costa Rica Taught Me About Loving a Reliable Truck

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...

New Costa Rica Rules Could Void Shareholder Meeting Decisions

Under Costa Rica law, several types of powers of attorney can be granted to allow one person to represent another. Although the term includes...

Puriscal Is Becoming a Top Place to Live and Invest in Costa Rica

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What’s in a name? Naming nuance in Costa Rica

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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Living in Costa Rica Then and Now After 35 Years

I think I need a reset. I like to say that I came to live in Costa Rica in the last century. Makes it...

Argentine Thiago Tirante Ends Bautista Agut’s Final Madrid Open Run

Thiago Agustín Tirante gave Latin American tennis a strong start at the Madrid Open on Wednesday, beating Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 to...

Remembering the Devastating Costa Rican Earthquake That Reshaped Limon

On April 22, 1991, the province of Limón lived through one of the most terrifying days in its history: the Limón earthquake shook the...

Costa Rica Developers Challenge Court Ruling Halting Tourism Project in Papagayo

The Association of Developers of the Papagayo Gulf Tourism Complex (Asopapagayo) is attempting to overturn the Constitutional Court’s decision to suspend logging and construction...