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When Bocas del Toro, Panama was part of Costa Rica

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Look closely at this mid-1800s map of Costa Rica, and you might spot some major differences. 
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Costa Rica History: An Ancient Indigenous Uprising

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For a unique look into Costa Rica's past, you can't do much better than the 1913 book, "History of the discovery and conquest of...
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Coffee Photography: An Old Costa Rican Coffee Plantation

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This early 1900s photo shows a coffee plantation in Costa Rica. The photo was published as part of a 1914 five-volume encyclopedia called "The...
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Costa Rica Sports History: A soccer match at The Old National Stadium

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Soccer in Costa Rica has come a long way.
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Remembering John F. Kennedy’s speech at UCR in Costa Rica

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Kennedy became the first sitting U.S. President to make an appearance in Costa Rica. 
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The birth of the Pan-American Highway in Costa Rica

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I've always believed that the direction of my life was set by the birth of the Pan-American Highway (a.k.a. Inter-American Highway).
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San José, Costa Rica: One of the first cities with electricity

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In 1884, San José, Costa Rica, became one of the first cities in the world to be illuminated with electric lighting.
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Costa Rica’s most famous crocodile

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Many years ago, Pocho the crocodile died of natural causes in Siquirres, Costa Rica. The entire town threw him a funeral: https://youtu.be/79-PmOnNhTw Pocho was famous...
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Costa Rica’s Irazú Volcano’s two-year eruption

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In March 1963, Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica began a period of eruptions that would last two years.
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Surf Sunday: Watch ‘Endless Summer II,’ A film that popularized Tamarindo

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By the 1990s, Tamarindo and nearby surf spots — Witch's Rock, Ollie's Point — weren't exactly secrets, but the release of “Endless Summer II” really broke things wide open.
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