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Is it just me, or does it seem like too many people are looking too hard for something– anything– to get upset about? The internet is overloaded with whiners and nitpickers, broadcasting the latest outrage to their delicate sensibilities. While it can be tiresome, it can also be contagious. The more I watch, the more …
Read more “A Costa Rica Expat’s Funny List of Everyday Pet Peeves”
Costa Rica is undergoing a demographic transformation that will leave a lasting mark on the country. Families are smaller, parents are starting later in life, and a growing share of households no longer include children at all. The shifts, captured in recent data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), are reshaping the …
Read more “Costa Rica Fertility Rate Hits 1.2 as Families Get Smaller and Older”
Costa Rica drivers will soon face a major increase at the pump after the Public Services Regulatory Authority, ARESEP, approved a new fuel price adjustment that will hit diesel and regular gasoline the hardest. Under the approved rates, diesel will rise by ₡152 per liter, moving from ₡564 to ₡716. Regular gasoline will increase by …
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Costa Rica’s Route 27 will operate with a reversible lane this Sunday, May 3, as authorities prepare for heavy return traffic from the Pacific coast to the Central Valley after the long International Workers’ Day weekend. The measure will apply on the highway between Caldera and San José, with traffic directed toward the capital between …
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Travelers and lodging operators in Costa Rica are being urged to watch for phishing attempts after Booking.com confirmed that unauthorized third parties accessed some customer reservation information in a cyberattack affecting users worldwide. The company began notifying affected customers in mid-April after detecting suspicious activity tied to guest booking information. Exposed data may have included …
Read more “Cyberattack Puts Costa Rica Travelers and Hosts on Alert”
Mexican coach Miguel “El Piojo” Herrera, dismissed by Costa Rica in November after the national team failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, has returned to Liga MX as head coach of Atlante, the club announced Tuesday. The appointment marks Herrera’s third stint with the historic Mexico City side and ends a five-month period …
Read more “Former Costa Rica Coach Miguel Herrera Lands Job With Historic Atlante”
The Ballet Nacional de Costa Rica will bring Sleeping Beauty to the Teatro Nacional on June 6 and 7, staging one of classical ballet’s best-known works at Costa Rica’s leading cultural venue. The production will be presented in three performances: Saturday, June 6 at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, June 7 at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 …
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A new luxury beach hotel has opened near Playa Hermosa on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast, adding another high-end option to one of our country’s busiest tourism routes. Amarena Canvas Beach Hotel is located within the Místico beach community between Jacó and Esterillos, about 94 kilometers from Juan Santamaría International Airport and six kilometers from …
Read more “Costa Rica Adds New Sustainable Luxury Hotel Near Playa Hermosa”
Three Hilton-affiliated hotels in San José are warning customers about a fraud scheme in which scammers are posing as hotel employees to sell event services and request payments through unofficial channels. The situation has been reported at the Gran Hotel Costa Rica, Curio Collection by Hilton in downtown San José, the Hilton Garden Inn San …
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A former U.S. military vessel built during World War II is now anchored in Costa Rica’s South Pacific, where it has taken on a very different mission: helping protect marine life from illegal fishing. The MODOC, a 1944 vessel originally built for the United States Navy at Levingston Shipyard in Orange, Texas, is now used …
Read more “Costa Rica Uses WWII-Era Ship to Support Marine Patrols”