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Expat Living

An oasis for Costa Rican expats in downtown San José

The Tico Times - October 10, 2019

From the 1980s through the early 2000s, San José was an epicenter of entertainment and nightlife for both Costa Ricans and expats. During those...

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Pan American Clipper connects Costa Rica to Texas

The Tico Times - October 3, 2019

In December 1946, Pan American Airways connected Costa Rica with a direct flight to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Costa Rica’s gift of happiness

The Tico Times - September 26, 2019

Why are Costa Ricans so happy? It might just be because of the talking, anthropomorphic sloths.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: Pan American ad invites you to a Central American ‘fiesta’

Alejandro Zúñiga - September 19, 2019

Pan American Airlines flew regularly to Costa Rica until 1981.

Throwback Thursday

Costa Rica History: Its discovery and conquest

Alejandro Zúñiga - July 18, 2019

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...

Costa Rica

The Tico Times was online in 2000

Alejandro Zúñiga - July 11, 2019

Enjoy this snapshot of Costa Rica history.

Throwback Thursday

TBT: When LACSA flew the colors of Costa Rica across the Americas

Alejandro Zúñiga - May 23, 2019

LACSA, or Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A., once flew the colors of Costa Rica throughout North, Central and South America.

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Costa Rica Aviation: A Mid-1920s Costa Rican air mail postage stamp

Alejandro Zúñiga - April 11, 2019

The featured photograph shows a mid-1920s postal stamp for air mail in Costa Rica.

Throwback Thursday

Tico Times #TBT: A 1947 documentary of Costa Rica

Alejandro Zúñiga - April 4, 2019

The nine-minute documentary showcases life in Costa Rica in the 1940s, as viewed through the lens of United States filmmaker James A. Fitzpatrick.

Environment and Wildlife

The earthquake that rattled Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast

The Tico Times - March 28, 2019

In the early hours of April 22, 1991, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck the Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica and Panama.

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