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Costa Rica Overturns Management Plan for Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge
Tico Times
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July 18, 2025
Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the General Management Plan for the Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge is unconstitutional. The decision annuls both the plan and a 2023 directive from the Environment Ministry that allowed...
World Vision International is hiring a Safeguarding Integration Specialist
iHarare News
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July 18, 2025
World Vision International (WVI), a global Christian humanitarian organization with over 75 years of dedicated service, is hiring a Safeguarding Integration Specialist to advance child protection standards across its Sponsorship programming. This...
Take ‘The Gabber Newspaper’ to Alajuela, Costa Rica
The Gabber - Florida
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July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025 by Cameron Healy Elena and Billy Lopez decided to take The Gabber Newspaper to Alajuela, Costa Rica. Photo by Elena Lopez Elena and Billy Lopez decided to take The Gabber Newspaper to Alajuela, Costa Rica. Looks like they took our...
Flying Around Costa Rica is Easier Than Ever Thanks to Sansa Airlines
Tico Times
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July 17, 2025
The airline recently added two new aircraft to its fleet, bringing their total to twelve. That increase allows SANSA to boost service to smaller airstrips in places like Drake Bay, Golfito, Cobano, and Tortuguero, making regional travel more...
Costa Rica’s Tabacón Thermal Resort sells for $111M
Hotels Mag
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JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has announced the $111-million sale of Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa, a 570-acre luxury wellness property located in the La Fortuna region of Costa Rica. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, Inc. acquired the asset,...
Engineers Gone Global heads with gospel and water to rural Costa Rica
GCU Today
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July 17, 2025
Engineers Gone Global club members, faculty and the local host family celebrate the completion of a water tower that will serve a rural, indigenous community in Costa Rica. (Photos contributed by Addison Samarin) The gospel can’t be shared if...
Strategic Partnerships: Costa Rica’s Answers to New Threats
Dialogo Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Costa Rica’s Vice Minister of Special Investigation Units of the Ministry of Public Security Manuel Jiménez Steller brings a strong background in criminal law and extensive prosecutorial experience to his crucial role. Having led complex organized...
Tourist arrivals to Costa Rica fell again in June
Q Costa Rica
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July 17, 2025
Q COSTARICA — Tourist arrivals in Costa Rica by air fell 4.5% in June 2025 compared to the same month the previous year, according to the most recent report from the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Costa Rican Tourism Board. This...
Liberty, Ericsson Launch Costa Rica’s First 5G Standalone Network
The Fast Mode
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July 17, 2025
Liberty and Ericsson have signed a strategic contract to deploy the first 5G Standalone (5G SA) mobile service in Costa Rica, marking a milestone in the digitalization of the country and the Central American region. Partnering with trusted and...
Costa Rica’s Tourism Faces Decline Amid Rising Crime and Costs
Tico Times
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July 16, 2025
Costa Rica’s flagship tourism industry, long a cornerstone of our nation’s economy, is dealing with a noticeable downturn in 2025 as rising crime, health concerns, infrastructure issues, and a strong local currency converge to challenge one of the...
Costa Rica Courts Atlanta Buyers in Bid to Raise Profile in Southeast U.S.
Global Atlanta - Georgia
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July 16, 2025
Costa Rica’s top trade promotion agency is courting Atlanta companies for a key September fair in San Jose, offering on-the-ground assistance and cost mitigation for local buyers or investors looking to deepen ties in the Central American nation....
Canada rejects Costa Rica’s proposal on immigrants deported from U.S.
Q Costa Rica
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July 16, 2025
Q COSTARICA — While there is no official evidence that Canada rejected a specific proposal from Costa Rica, the Embassy of Canada to Costa Rica, in San José confirmed that it received a request from the government of Rodrigo Chaves, asking Canada...
Emboldened by Trump, El Salvador’s president has jailed critics. Now journalists and human rights leaders are fleeing en masse
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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MEXICO CITY — They have fled to Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica and Spain. Most left in a hurry with few possessions, unsure of when — or whether — they would be able to return home. As El Salvador cracks down on dissent, jailing critics of...
Chavista candidates must put up ¢3.7 million to run for president
Q Costa Rica
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July 17, 2025
Q COSTA RICA — After the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO) was announced, the party that will be running with Chavismo in the 2026 elections, last Saturday, the next step is to select a candidate to continue Rodrigo Chaves’ administration for the...
Texas Tech President offers insight into Alumni Association transition
Times Record News - Texas
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As Texas Tech moves forward with plans to absorb the Texas Tech Alumni Association into the university, Tech President Lawrence Schovanec offered some insight into what that transition will look like and what they hope to achieve. While the plan...
International Plantain Congress Announced For August In Costa Rica
MENAFN
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July 14, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) will hold the First International Plantain Congress from August 26 to 28, 2025, on its campus in Turrialba, Costa Rica. The meeting will bring...
Walmart Expands Its U.S. Supply Chain Tech Around the World
Supply Chain 24/7
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Walmart is expanding its supply chain technology beyond the U.S., rolling out AI and automation tools in markets such as Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada. These systems operate in the background to predict demand, reroute inventory, and get orders...
How gambling laws differ between Central and North America
Costa Rica News
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July 19, 2025
Following the rapid expansion of the iGaming industry over the past decade, governments have seen the behaviors of their gambling communities transform significantly. Instead of trying their luck on the casino floor or at the bookmakers, players...
Jamaican among deportees to African kingdom of Eswatini
The Gleaner
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July 17, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): The United States has sent five immigrants it says were convicted of serious crimes to the African nation of Eswatini, the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed, in an expansion of the Trump administration’s...
U.S. deports immigrants to the kingdom of Eswatini, where they have no ties
Global News
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July 16, 2025
The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...