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Student pharmacist Wilbur Quimba dilutes vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on December 16, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pfizer/BioNTech say vaccine effective against UK, South Africa virus mutations

Stephane Orjollet and Kelly Macnamara / AFP - Jan 28, 2021

Immigration Police in Costa Rica

Central America

Costa Rica deports eight Salvadorans suspected of gang membership

AFP and The Tico Times - Jan 28, 2021

The beautiful Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve sits at the southern end of Nicoya Peninsula.

Costa Rica celebrates U.S. support of global environmental plan

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 27, 2021

Candles in the Museum’s Hall of Remembrance.

International communities commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Tico Times - Jan 27, 2021

Costa Rica Movies

Best Costa Rica Movie of 2021: El Pajaro de Fuego

Tico Times - Jan 27, 2021

A closed business.

Thousands of Costa Rican small businesses closed in 2020

The Tico Times - Jan 27, 2021

The highly-rated strain of medical marijuana "Blue Dream."

Lawmakers in Costa Rica ask government to speed up medical cannabis debate

AFP and The Tico Times - Jan 27, 2021

Costa Rica’s new Legislative Assembly building was inaugurated on October 19, 2020.

Read this legal breakdown of Costa Rica’s Global Income Tax project

The Tico Times - Jan 26, 2021

The United Nations World Flag

Pandemic caused loss of 255 million jobs worldwide in 2020

Nina LARSON / AFP - Jan 26, 2021

Route 32 to Limón

Costa Rica’s coronavirus restrictions for February 2021

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 26, 2021

A JetBlue flight from Los Angeles receives a water-cannon salute at Juan Sanatamaría International Airport.

New U.S. testing policy takes effect today: Where to get a Covid test in Costa Rica

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 26, 2021

An assortment of Costa Rican colones.

Costa Rica summons IMF law projects to Legislative Assembly

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 26, 2021

Elizabeth Castillo, 91, becomes the first person in Costa Rica to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Costa Rica to vaccinate entire adult population against Covid-19

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 25, 2021

A KLM Boeing 777 airplane named after Cocos Island National Park.

KLM says it will continue long-haul flights, but rebook passengers

Alejandro Zúñiga - Jan 25, 2021

Takeoff from SJO

U.S. to reinstate Covid travel bans: White House official

The Tico Times - Jan 25, 2021

Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the president of Mexico. He took office in December 2018.

Mexican president says he has Covid-19

Sofia Miselem / AFP - Jan 25, 2021

Accessible facilities at Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Playa Hermosa inaugurates accessible beach project

The Tico Times - Jan 25, 2021

Osa Peninsula Costa Rica

Hiking in Corcovado Costa Rica: The Wildest Coastal Trail

Shawn Larkin - Jan 24, 2021