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Costa Rican cuisine has earned a place on TasteAtlas’ list of the 100 best cuisines, giving the country a modest but welcome boost in international food recognition. The TasteAtlas Awards 25/26 ranked Costa Rican cuisine 85th globally, with a score of 3.98. The ranking was based on 590,228 valid ratings for 18,912 foods in the …

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Some fish stories are about the fish. This one is about a friendship. To understand what happened on Saturday, May 9th, off the coast of Quepos, Costa Rica, you first need to know about Ward Michaels. Ward is one of my very best friends in life, a man of extraordinary character, honesty, and an almost …

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A significant earthquake shook Costa Rica’s Central Pacific region this morning, startling residents and visitors in Jacó, Garabito and parts of the Central Valley. The tremor struck at 10:22 a.m. The National Seismological Network reported a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and placed the epicenter about 11 kilometers south of Jacó, in the canton of Garabito, …

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Former Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again drawing attention in Costa Rica after online claims suggested she may have moved to the country with her fiancé, Brian Glenn. For now, there is no confirmed evidence that Greene has relocated to Costa Rica. The claim spread this week after conservative commentator Laura Loomer alleged …

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Costa Rica’s long-planned electric train project could begin operating in the Greater Metropolitan Area in about five years, giving the Central Valley a new public transportation option between Paraíso de Cartago, San José and Alajuela. INCOFER projects the system could enter service in 2031, with some initial stages possibly ready in 2030 if the process …

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Guanacaste is facing one of the most severe forest fire seasons Costa Rica has ever recorded, with the province alone now reporting more fires in 2026 than the entire country registered during 2024, the previous record year for this type of emergency. The area has recorded 144 forest fires so far this year, while Costa …

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Costa Rica and Uruguay marked 96 years of diplomatic relations with the launch of a commemorative postal issue honoring two figures closely tied to each country’s rural identity: the Costa Rican sabanero and the Uruguayan gaucho. The presentation took place at Palacio Santos, the headquarters of Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo. The event …

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Honduras police arrested former Tocoa Mayor Adán Fúnez Martínez on Tuesday along with two other men accused of ordering the 2024 murder of environmental activist and councilman Juan Antonio López. López was shot dead on the night of September 14, 2024, as he left a church in the northeastern town of Tocoa in Colón department. …

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Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is moving into the center of a new community-led coral conservation effort, with a workshop aimed at training local residents to monitor and protect reef ecosystems in Talamanca. The free program combines virtual sessions during May with field work at sea between late May and June. More than 150 people …

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Colombian star Karol G has added a second concert in Costa Rica after tickets for her first National Stadium show sold out within hours. The new date is scheduled for Saturday, November 28, 2026, at the National Stadium in San José. It will follow her first show on Friday, November 27, which was the original …

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