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Costa Rica Year in Review: Our favorite sloth Photos

As 2019 comes to a close, we can't help but reflect on some of the most memorable moments of the year, and for us,...

Costa Rica Year in Review: Our most popular stories of 2019

It has been an entertaining and newsworthy 2019 for Costa Rica.

Costa Rica, 2017: A look back at our most surprising stories

A look back at an eventful 2017.

Tico Times Women of the Year: leaders who inspired us in 2017

From a journalist to an artist, from Nicaragua to Portugal to South Africa: we look back at some of our extraordinary interviewees this year.

Weirdest Costa Rican News Stories of The Year

In celebration of 2016 finally ending, we've compiled the weirdest and most bizarre news stories from Costa Rica from the past year.

Presidential fashion: Best 5 outfits President Solís sported in 2015

Clothes make the man, the saying goes, and President Luis Guillermo Solís has taken the adage to heart. Here are our picks for his top five outfits in 2015.
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Costa Rica Removes Don Pepe Figueres Monument After Protest Vandalism

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth removed the bronze monument to former President José Figueres Ferrer from San José’s Plaza de la Democracia...

A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest

Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a...

Local Elections Drove Costa Rica’s CPTPP Reversal, Sources Say

Concerns about the 2028 municipal elections helped drive Costa Rica's decision to abandon its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...

Your $1,000 Now Buys 46,810 Fewer Colones Than in January

The US dollar slipped again in Costa Rica this week, leaving anyone who earns in dollars and spends in colones with noticeably less buying...