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Costa Rican Agrotransformation 2025 Bets On Innovation And Knowledge For The Future Of Its Agriculture
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) With more than 10% of the national workforce linked to the agricultural sector and a growing need for productive modernization, Agrotransformation 2025 is consolidating its position as the main meeting and exchange of...
Tourism on the Brink: Costa Rica’s Pura Vida Under Siege as Crime Surge Sours Visitor Boom
The Costa Rican Times
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July 3, 2025
Costa Rica, July 2025 – Costa Rica’s reputation as a tropical haven is facing its toughest test in years. Once celebrated for its sloths, surf breaks and “pura vida” tranquility, the nation now wrestles with falling visitor numbers amid a spike in...
Costa Rica Rattles the Globe: 24th Most Quake-Prone Country in 2024
The Costa Rican Times
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June 30, 2025
Costa Rica, June 2025 – Costa Rica may be known for its “Pura Vida” lifestyle, but in 2024 it also earned a spot among the world’s top 30 most earthquake-active nations. According to a May report from Ranking Royals—drawing on data from...
Our Dream Trip Through Costa Rica
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 3, 2025
Some vacations offer a break from mundane routine, and others recalibrate your entire rhythm. Our Elite Beach Villas holiday in Costa Rica offered the latter: Equal parts rest and exhilaration, and all parts infused with gorgeous tropical scenery...
Ice-cold Freese helps US beat Costa Rica in Gold Cup
Khmer Times
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July 1, 2025
Costa Rica’s #19 Kenneth Vargas dribbles past US midfielder #17 Malik Tillman during the Gold Cup quarterfinal at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on June 29. AFP MINNEAPOLIS, United States – Goalkeeper Matt Freese was the hero as the United States...
Trade industry optimism takes a tariff hit in Broward County
WLRN - Florida
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Companies doing business in and around Port Everglades grew a little more cautious this spring following President Donald Trump’s plan to impose higher tariffs on trading partners around the globe. It wasn’t a big drop in optimism among the cargo,...
Surf’s Up, Screens On: ‘Pura Vida Bodysurfing’ Rides to Victory at Costa Rica Surf Film Festival
The Costa Rican Times
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July 2, 2025
Costa Rica, July 2025 – When surf, cinema and “Pura Vida” collide, you get a tidal wave of excitement—and that’s exactly what happened on May 31, 2025, at Jacó’s iconic Surfer House. The inaugural Costa Rica Surf Film Festival, presented by Rip...
Justice Unmasked: Costa Rican Documentary Uncovers Dark Secrets of Church Abuse
The Costa Rican Times
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July 2, 2025
Costa Rica, July 2025 – In a country renowned for its lush rainforests and “Pura Vida” ethos, a chilling story of betrayal and courage has burst into the spotlight. “El Monaguillo, el Cura y el Jardinero” (“The Altar Boy, the Priest and the...
Costa Rica Green Hotels Lead Global Sustainable Tourism
Tico Times
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June 28, 2025
Costa Rica’s reputation as a leader in sustainable tourism grows stronger every year, with our green hotels setting a high bar for eco-conscious hospitality worldwide. With over a quarter of our country protected and alot of our energy coming from...
Five Below-the-Line Talents to Track in Costa Rica
Variety
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July 2, 2025
Costa Rica’s most prized assets – aside from its unparalleled locations – are its highly skilled crews, known for their depth of experience, strong work ethic and bilingual skills. Honed through years of on-set experience – paired with formal...
Top Ten Costa Rican Locations to Die For
Variety
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July 2, 2025
Renowned for its natural beauty and pioneering ecological conservation, Costa Rica is ramping up efforts to become a strong contender in global film production. A compact nation with a growing cash rebate scheme, skilled bilingual crews, close...
Costa Rica Maintains Economic Stability Amid Global Tensions
Tico Times
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June 28, 2025
Costa Rica is holding steady economically despite global tensions sparked by conflicts involving Israel, the United States, and Iran, according to Federico Quesada Chaves, director of the School of Management Sciences at Universidad Estatal a...
First Rock charts new path in Cayman Islands and Costa Rica
Jamaica Observer
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July 2, 2025
First Rock Real Estate has deepened its KFC partnership in Costa Rica. FIRST ROCK Real Estate Investments (FREI) will abandon Jamaican property development to become a real estate investment trust (REIT), pivoting toward rental assets in...
Female Filmmakers Lead New Wave of Costa Rican Cinema: 5 Names to Watch
Variety
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July 1, 2025
Early in 2021, Costa Rican filmmaker Antonella Sudasassi launched a pioneering initiative in her home country: the Unión de Directoras de Cine Costa Rica, or the Union of Female Film Directors of Costa Rica, in literal translation. The...
U.S survive Costa Rica scare to book Gold Cup semifinals
Ghanaian Times
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July 1, 2025
The U.S. men’s national team scraped past Costa Rica in a dramatic Gold Cup quarterfinal here on Sunday, winning 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw over 90 roller-coaster minutes. The USMNT erased an early deficit, but blew a second-half lead....
Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit focused on open-source social media
TechCrunch
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July 17, 2025
Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey isn’t just vibe-coding new social apps, like Bitchat and Sun Day, he has invested $10 million in an effort to fund experimental open source projects and other tools that could ultimately transform the...
No More Waiting: Costa Rica Rockets Into U.S. Global Entry Club
The Costa Rican Times
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June 30, 2025
Costa Rica, June 2025 – On Wednesday, Costa Rica vaulted into the fast lane of U.S. immigration when Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and President Rodrigo Chaves inked the long-awaited Global Entry agreement at Casa Presidencial. This...
EVE Air Mobility signs major eVTOL deal in Costa Rica
AeroTime News
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June 30, 2025
EVE Air Mobility, Embraer’s eVTOL arm, has announced a tri-partite agreement with advanced air mobility operator Aerosolutions and Bluenest, a subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure management firm Globalvia, to develop eVTOL operations in Costa...
Freese shines as US down Costa Rica in Gold Cup
Oman Observer
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June 30, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS: Goalkeeper Matt Freese was the hero as the United States defeated Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties to reach the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday. Freese made three saves in the shoot-out after the game finished 2-2 at the end...
Ice-cold ’keeper Matt Freese to the rescue as the US down Costa Rica in shoot-out
Taipei Times
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June 30, 2025
Goalkeeper Matt Freese was the hero on Sunday as the US defeated Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Freese made three saves in the shoot-out after the game finished 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes to send...