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San José’s National Stadium will host Extreme American Rodeo despite complaints from animal rights activists

On Sept. 7, cowboys from across the Americas and as far away as New Zealand will flock to Costa Rica's National Stadium for the country's first-ever American-style rodeo event. Competitors will test their skills in calf roping and cattle herding and try their luck riding on the backs of Costa Rica's most fearsome bulls.

193 people arrested in less than a week at Palmares Festival

Six days into the raucous Palmares civic festival, in the northwestern Central Valley, police already have arrested 198 people.

23 people injured in bullfights during first day of Palmares fest

During Thursday's massive horse parade that initiated the Palmares Festival, 73 people were detained or arrested and 122 needed medical attention, according to data from the Red Cross. That included 23 injuries to festival-goers who entered the bullfighting ring.

5 things to know about Costa Rica’s gigantic Palmares Festival

Each year in January, Ticos descend on the sleepy coffee town of Palmares, northwest of San José, for the country’s most rowdy fiesta. Palmares hosts a traditional Costa Rican festival with bullfights, horse parades and carnival rides, but also brings in famous international acts and way more beer than is probably necessary.

VIDEO: Costa Rican woman launched skyward by 1,100-pound bull

The 2013-14 Zapote festival in Costa Rica ended Sunday with one last epic bull attack.

Bullfights wrap up in Zapote

“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance...

Bullfighting Costa Rica-style and a carnival atmosphere at the Fiestas de Zapote

Rides, grilled meat, cotton candy and a Costa Rican rodeo are at the annual fair. The festival in the southeastern San José neighborhood of Zapote runs until Jan. 5.

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