The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) has raised an alert because of the significant risk of forest fires in various areas of the country as a result of the cold front impacting Costa Rica this week. The SINAC National Fire Management Program indicated that the weather conditions are quite conducive to the spread of …
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A new light aircraft accident was reported in Costa Rica. On Wednesday afternoon, the aircraft carrying two tourists had an incident while landing at the Punta Banco aerodrome in Pavones de Golfito, Puntarenas. Both the pilot and the two tourists were unharmed. According to several reports, the Daher Kodiak light aircraft, registration number N-193KO, took …
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The Juan Santamaría International Airport announced an improvement that will ease passenger flow. Airport officials confirmed that electronic migratory gates (eGates) will be installed starting in July 2025. The eGates will be gradually implemented. Ricardo Hernandez, representative of Aeris Holdings S.A., the company that manages the air terminal, indicated that the process will commence first …
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has shut down Save the Children International and 14 other NGOs in a mounting clampdown on rights and religious groups, according to decrees published Wednesday. Ortega, a 79-year-old ex-guerrilla who toppled a US-backed dictatorship in 1979 and then led the country for a decade, has shown increasingly authoritarian tendencies since returning …
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For the third time in my thirty plus years in Costa Rica, I was a victim of property theft. It happened two days before the new year. Two items were stolen– a four burner Atlas gas plantilla and the half empty tank of gas attached. These were kept outside, on a table in a covered …
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In a decision that energized Costa Rica’s soccer faithful the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (FCRF) announced on Tuesday the appointment of Miguel Herrera as the new head coach of the national team. The fiery Mexican, known for his passionate sideline demeanor and attacking style of play, will be tasked with guiding Los Ticos through the …
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US lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as a new Congress unified under Republican control works to deliver on Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on illegal immigration. The Laken Riley Act — which calls for the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes — is named for a …
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Costa Rica aims to grow its tourism industry this year. The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) has two key objectives: to enhance the tourism product and diversify the international promotion of Costa Rica. Among the projects planned for this year to improve the Costa Rican tourism product is the inauguration of Tourist Police offices in …
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Spend a little time in Costa Rica, and you’ll quickly realize it is a country that plays by its own rules and has some pretty unique sayings. It may be known as the land of Pura Vida but sometimes all the “tiquismos“ can have you feeling pura loco trying to figure it all out. Let …
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With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say. Carter, who died at the age of 100, defied the furor of US conservatives to negotiate the handover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control, …
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