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Costa Rica’s Cubujuquí Interurban Biological Corridor recorded 2,366 birds from 183 species during its first bird census of 2026, confirming the area as one of the richest urban conservation corridors in the country. The monitoring took place on April 25 along 15 routes across Heredia and Alajuela. The Cubujuquí corridor spans 10 cantons and forms …
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Costa Rican President Laura Fernández has raised the stakes in a long-running trade dispute with Panama, ordering her foreign minister to pursue international action over restrictions that continue to block a range of Costa Rican agricultural exports from entering the neighboring market. The move came Friday, just one week after Fernández took office, and only …
Costa Rica’s National Stadium will trade soccer chants for bull riding, barrel racing and cowboy culture on Sunday, June 7, when the Extreme American Rodeo 2026 takes over La Sabana for what is being billed as the largest rodeo in Central America. The event will be held at the Estadio Nacional in San José and …
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Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday his government will not negotiate with gang leaders and will keep a reinforced police presence on the streets in response to a recent wave of public shootings. He made the remarks after inaugurating the completed Panama North Hydraulic Ring water project in Caimitillo and Guarumal in Panamá Norte. …
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FIFA has finalized a broadcast rights agreement with China Media Group for the next four World Cup tournaments at a reported price tag of just $60 million for the 2026 event — a steep discount from the $250 million to $300 million the governing body originally demanded. The pact, announced Friday, covers the 2026 and …
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Costa Rica’s National Chamber of Tourism is backing a new legislative proposal that would bring back long weekends by moving five public holidays to the following Monday, a measure the sector says would boost domestic travel and help tourism businesses outside the Central Valley. The proposal, filed as expediente 25.593, was presented on May 11 …
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Costa Rica’s incoming National Assembly faces an urgent piece of legislation this week that reflects just how badly illegal gold mining has spiraled out of control: a bill that would lock up those responsible for up to ten years and cast the net wide enough to catch everyone from the miners themselves to the truck …
Read more “Costa Rica Moves to Jail Illegal Miners for a Decade as Gold Crisis Deepens”
Summer won’t go away. The afternoon clouds and cooling rains have been few. We are a third of the way through May, and Green Season has yet to step forward. From 8 in the morning until 4ish in the afternoon, the heat of the sun is best avoided. I sit on the back patio in …
Read more “How Expats Survive Costa Rica Heat Without Air Conditioning”
A new documentary is drawing attention to a rare conservation story on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, where a rural community near Corcovado National Park has gone from hunting wildlife for survival to protecting some of the country’s most iconic animals. Living with Pumas and Tapirs, produced by BirdnWild, profiles Rincón de San Josecito, a community …
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The Pacific hurricane season officially opens today, with regional forecasters warning of an active stretch ahead as Central American emergency agencies move into operational readiness. Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), Honduras’s National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Seismic Studies (CENAOS) and other regional meteorological authorities confirmed the season will run through November 30. …
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