With over 47 years of experience as Costa Rica’s premier domestic airline, SANSA continues to solidify its role as a cornerstone of regional connectivity by adding two new aircraft to its fleet. This expansion brings the airline’s total operational fleet to 12, reinforcing its commitment to linking the country’s diverse landscapes and fostering tourism and …

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President Rodrigo Chaves has withdrawn Costa Rica’s support for the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, stripping institutional funding and public interest status from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to an extraordinary decree published in the official gazette on April 2, 2025. The move, if enacted, would mark a dramatic shift for a nation long hailed …

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Overwhelmed by poverty, Francisca Lares thought about emigrating from Guatemala. However, she learned tailoring and discarded that idea. Now she is glad she didn’t go to the United States, as she believes she would have been deported by the government of Donald Trump. This 30-year-old single mother learned her craft at the “Quédate” (Stay) training …

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Beginning June 1, 2025, Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia will scale back its operations from 18 to 12 hours per day, a restriction set to last four months until September 30, 2025, according to a notification from Costa Rica’s Civil Aviation Directorate. The measure, aimed at addressing staffing shortages in the control tower …

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Costa Rica’s Attorney General, Carlo Díaz, filed a formal accusation on Monday morning before the Supreme Court of Justice, charging President Rodrigo Chaves with concusión—a crime akin to abuse of public office for personal gain—and requesting the suspension of his presidential immunity. The move marks a significant escalation in a high-profile investigation into alleged corruption …

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The tourism sector in Costa Rica is facing challenges as it approaches Easter Week 2025. Our country’s hotel industry is projecting moderate occupancy for this traditionally peak period, a key time for both domestic and international visitors. The Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) recently released its occupancy survey results for Semana Santa 2025, which …

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The mislabeling of seafood products is a widespread issue in the food industry that has been the subject of numerous studies and investigations around the world. This practice not only impacts end consumers but is also having significant consequences for both human health and the economy. The research, led by the BIOMOL Molecular Biology Laboratory …

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Costa Rica rarely fails to deliver on pleasant experiences. You can’t beat the beaches. A pile of gallo pinto, arroz con pollo, or just about any form of casado will definitely hit the spot. A hike through a national park that leads to a picturesque waterfall will refuel your soul’s drained batteries. We’ll call these …

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A bicycle caravan that arrived from Mexico traveled through Guatemala’s capital this Sunday to demand justice for thousands of illegal adoptions of children during the civil war that drained the Central American country between 1960 and 1996. The “Memoria sin fronteras” caravan covered about 2,000 kilometers and was organized by members of the collective Estamos …

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If you were to ask an AI generator to depict the present state of tourism in Costa Rica in human form, you might get an image of a guy with a bruised and bloodied face leaning on a walker. Numbers are down, bad publicity is up and the golden egg is looking tarnished. Tourism passed …

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