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Costa Rica’s Public Schools Have Lost 180,000 Students in Five Years

Public school enrollment in Costa Rica has fallen 16.5% since 2021 as births decline, while private schools have added more ...
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Costa Rica Opens Prison Modeled on El Salvador’s CECOT

Costa Rica inaugurates its CECOT-style prison today. Inmates arrive late October under strict rules now facing two Constitutional Chamber challenges.
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Woman Sought After 74-Year-Old American Found Dead in Playas del Coco

Police in Guanacaste are seeking a woman seen leaving a Playas del Coco condominium where a 74-year-old American man was ...
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Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica Promoter Says He Once Turned Down a Suitcase of Cash

Don Stockwell, the promoter of Snoop Dogg's Dec. 3 Costa Rica concert, told prosecutors he once rejected a suitcase full of ...
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Costa Rica’s Trash Problem Begins in Our Own Neighborhoods

From discarded plastic bottles to littered streets, one longtime resident reflects on Costa Rica's trash problem and the ...
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Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica Concert Is Canceled and Ticket Refunds Will Be Automatic

Snoop Dogg's Dec. 3 Costa Rica concert is canceled. Refunds will be automatic, but a court workers' association's $2.32 million is unresolved.
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ICE Sent Two Costa Rican Children to a Texas Family Detention Center

ICE apprehended two Costa Rican children, ages 9 and 11, near New Orleans and moved them 12 hours by road to the Dilley ...
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Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy Wins in Portugal and Jumps 20 Places Toward the 2027 World Tour

Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy won the Ericeira Pro with a late 7.50 wave, jumping from 24th to fourth in Challenger Series standings with one event left.
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1 Million Coral Embryos Return to a Costa Rica Reef in a National First

Researchers in Manzanillo raised coral larvae in a lab for the first time in Costa Rica and returned nearly 1 million embryos ...
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Costa Rica Weather Today Brings Dry Mornings and Stormy Pacific Afternoons

Costa Rica weather today brings a calmer morning, then afternoon storms in the Central Valley and Pacific. Check Route 32 ...
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Costa Rica Raises Mandatory Vehicle Insurance Rates for 2027

Costa Rica approves higher mandatory vehicle insurance rates for 2027, increasing marchamo costs for cars, motorcycles and ...
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Court Vacancies Stall Second Immunity Request Against Rodrigo Chaves

A shortage of alternate justices is stalling a new request to lift Rodrigo Chaves immunity, as the ruling party votes 4-3 in ...