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Costa Rica Expat Life:Spanish Fluency and Aging Brains

Don Mateo - May 22, 2025

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CASA Unites Costa Rica, Guatemala & Honduras Sport Fishing

Environment and Wildlife

Critics Warn New Water Law in Costa Rica Threatens Biodiversity & Aquifers

Crime

Costa Rican Linked to Cartel Faces U.S. Money Laundering Charges

Environment and Wildlife

Young Capuchins Kidnap Baby Howler Monkeys in Panama, Study Finds

A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals...

Crime

Watch Cat Caught Smuggling Drugs into Costa Rica’s Pococí Penitentiary

Prison guards at Pococí Penitentiary in Costa Rica intercepted an unlikely smuggler: a black-and-white cat carrying drugs taped to its body. The incident, which...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Wild Side— Video Footage of Agoutis, Falcons and Tiger-Herons

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Costa Rica is a wild place full of wild animals. What those animals are doing, hidden away in the depths of the forest, is...

Latin America

Nicaragua Arrests Ex-Mayors & Ex-Military in Ortega’s Latest Crackdown

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Between 15 and 20 people—including former mayors and ex-military officers—were arrested in Nicaragua over the weekend for alleged political reasons, opposition figures and exile-based...

Arts and Culture

Centroamérica Cuenta Literary Festival Tackles Freedom of Expression

Guatemala is set to host the Centroamérica Cuenta literary festival from May 19 to 24, bringing together 60 writers from 15 countries, plus Spanish...

News

Alcaraz downs Sinner to win Italian Open in Roland Garros warning

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Carlos Alcaraz won the Italian Open on Sunday after beating rival Jannik Sinner 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 in the final and firing a warning shot...

Environment and Wildlife

Mass Fish Kill in Costa Rica’s Caribbean Lagoons Raises Alarm

In Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands, the Madre de Dios and Santa Marta lagoons are reeling from a mass fish kill that’s left local communities...

Arts and Culture

Lord of the Rings Stars Showcase Costa Rica’s Culture and Food

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, famous for playing Pippin and Merry in The Lord of the Rings, brought their travel show Billy & Dom...

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Costa Rica Expat Life:Spanish Fluency and Aging Brains

I have now spent roughly half my life in Costa Rica. In terms of physical and mental health, I will never regret my decision...

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HRW: Trump Deports 200 Migrants to Costa Rica After Abuse

The government of U.S. President Donald Trump “unjustly” expelled 200 migrants to Costa Rica—including children—after holding them “in abusive detention conditions,” the NGO Human...

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CASA Unites Costa Rica, Guatemala & Honduras Sport Fishing

To strengthen fishing tourism as an engine for sustainable development, fishing tourism organizations from Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica signed the Letter of Understanding...

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