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0.5% pay increase approved for minimum-wage workers in private sector

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Private-sector workers receiving minimum monthly wage will receive a 0.5 percent hike starting July 1.
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Costa Rica to Inaugurate Restoration Project of Locomotive 130 and Open a Railroad Mural

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The Association of Specific Development for the Preservation of...
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When is a duck not a duck?

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When it’s a black-bellied whistling duck.  If you don’t know...
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Costa Rica celebrates 74 years without an army

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Costa Rica on Monday is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the abolition of its army.

2 Bodies Retrieved from Costa Rica Plane Crash

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Costa Rican rescue groups found Saturday the bodies of two people who were traveling in a small plane that crashed Friday in the Caribbean...

Costa Rica Boy Snatched By Crocodile In Front Of His Family

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Costa Rica authorities continued their search for a small boy that was attacked by a large crocodile late Sunday afternoon. The boy was spending...

Lula, elected president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

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The leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will return to power in Brazil for the third time after defeating the far-right Jair...

Costa Rica Airfare Deal: Flights Starting at just $329

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It seems that airfare to anywhere, much less Costa Rica, is getting more and more expensive these days with prices being especially expensive during...

Unfulfilled Promises Hinder the Development of Costa Rica’s Limon Province

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Limón Province is gorgeous and could easily be one of the most prosperous regions in Costa Rica. Its natural and scenic beauty, wide range...

Meet the White-nosed Coati

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The sloths, monkeys and wild cats may be the headliners, but the white-nosed coati is secretly Costa Rica’s most famous mammal. Or at the...

Costa Rica Expat Life: La Pobrecita

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Recently I was driving from Dominical to Quepos, on the Costenara highway. My first 20 yearsin Costa Rica, this 40km stretch was unpaved, a...

Growing a Costa Rica Herb Garden in a Jar

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The second installment of a new column on doing-it-yourself, tropical-style
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Traditional Christmas Concerts kickstart Holiday Season in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica (OSNCR) and the National Symphonic Choir will unite this week to present the traditional Christmas Concerts in...
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Costa Rican government presents National Development and Public Investment Plan 2023-2026

Costa Rica Ileana Fernandez -
The Costa Rican government presented the National Development and Public Investment Plan (PNDIP) 2023-2026. The activity was held at the F5 auditorium of the...
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Meet the White-nosed Coati

Costa Rica Vincent Losasso -
The sloths, monkeys and wild cats may be the headliners, but the white-nosed coati is secretly Costa Rica’s most famous mammal. Or at the...
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Costa Rica celebrates 74 years without an army

Costa Rica Alejandro Zúñiga -
Costa Rica on Monday is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the abolition of its army.
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Costa Rican government to install scanners at ports and airports in 2023

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The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, announced last Wednesday the implementation of a project to place scanners in ports to combat smuggling and...
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