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Year in review 2014

Costa Rica’s top 5 environmental stories of 2014

Known worldwide for its pristine green image, Costa Rica's environmental record is often seen as flawless by outsiders. Still, environmental problems exist in Costa Rica, and this year's headlines showed that the country has a lot of work to do to truly earn that flawless reputation.

The Tico Times presents: 2014 in photos

The year 2014 was a big one for Costa Rica: The country got a new president, shocked soccer fans in the World Cup and celebrated and protested in the streets. The Tico Times photography staff was there to capture it all. Here is our year in photos
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Illegal Gold Mining Threatens Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park

Corcovado National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, is under severe threat from illegal gold mining, an activity that has reached...

Meet Costa Rica’s Noisy Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck

Today we meet the black-bellied whistling-duck, a noisy, gregarious species of duck that might eat all of your rice. The black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)...

Honduran Officials Linked to Drug Trafficking Resign from Government

Honduras' Minister of Defense and his father, a deputy, who are the nephew and brother-in-law of President Xiomara Castro, resigned on Saturday amid a...