Costa Rica

Oct 26

Work began on a $13.4 million upgrade of the Quepos airport near Manuel Antonio, adding room for nine small aircraft now and a new passenger terminal by 2028 ... Show more

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Costa Rica Used-Car Imports Fall 85% After Tax Loophole Closes

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JetBlue First Class Is Coming to Three Costa Rica Routes This Winter

Oct 26

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Oct 16

Visit Bosque prestado in downtown San José, Costa Rica, for a free music event October 17 and a temporary forest open through October 25. ticotimes.net

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/14/costa-rica-cacco-prison-opens-how-it-works

Oct 15

Costa Rica Opens Prison Modeled on El Salvador’s CECOT: Costa Rica inaugurates its CECOT-style prison today. Inmates arrive late October under strict rules now ...

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What Driving to San Ramón Could Cost You Each Month in New Tolls

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The Royal Gazette

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Oct 20

Friends band together to support barber hurt in explosion: Friends and colleagues are rallying to support a man who was badly burnt in a house explosion ...

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New Rival Enters UN Leadership Race as Costa Rica’s Grynspan Faces Deadlock

Oct 23

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/20/costa-rica-university-protests-budget-cuts

Oct 21

Costa Rica University Protests Move Forward After Lawmakers Approve New Budget Cuts

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Canadian Woman Dies at Costa Rica Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, OIJ Investigates

Oct 25

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Beachfront Lights Are Driving Sea Turtles Away From Costa Rica’s Nesting Beaches

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/19/costa-rica-rain-alert-saturated-soils

Oct 20

Saturated Soils Put All of Costa Rica on Rain Alert Through Wednesday: Costa Rica is under a nationwide green rain alert after 100+ weekend floods ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/20/costa-rica-cocaine-boat-osa-us-aircraft

Oct 21

US Surveillance Plane Helps Costa Rica Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine Off Osa: A US aircraft helped Costa Rica track a speedboat carrying 1.5 tons of cocaine off the ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/19/costa-rica-cocaine-seizures-2026

Oct 20

Cocaine Seizures in Costa Rica Jump Nearly 50% in 2026: Cocaine seizures in Costa Rica jumped nearly 50% in 2026, with police confiscating more than 40 metric ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/16/costa-rica-president-tours-cecot-el-salvador

Oct 17

Costa Rica President Tours CECOT Mega-Prison in El Salvador: President Laura Fernández toured El Salvador's 40,000-inmate CECOT two days after opening Costa ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/18/costa-rica-national-theater-129th-anniversary

Oct 19

Costa Rica’s National Theater Celebrates 129 Years With Free Tours and Concerts Today

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/19/costa-rica-teak-investment-collapse

Oct 20

Thousands of European Investors Fear Losses as Costa Rica Teak Scheme Collapses: 6,000 Europeans bought Costa Rica teak trees from a Swiss firm that is now ...

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US Embassy Links Chinese Mining to Illegal Gold Digging in Costa Rica, China Calls It Unfounded

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Oct 14

Patients at Guanacaste's main public hospital in Liberia say they have spent up to six days sleeping in emergency-room chairs while waiting for a bed ... Show more

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/17/costa-rica-el-salvador-security-agreement-organized-crime

Oct 18

Costa Rica and El Salvador Sign New Agreement to Fight Organized Crime: Costa Rica and El Salvador signed a new security agreement targeting organized crime as ...

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Costa Rica Mayor Investigated in Guanacaste Beachfront Hotel Permit Scandal

Oct 22

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Power Failure Disrupts Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría Airport Control Tower

Oct 24

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/13/brisa-hennessy-wins-ericeira-pro-portugal

Oct 14

Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy Wins in Portugal and Jumps 20 Places Toward the 2027 World Tour

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/19/costa-rica-882-million-revenue-shortfall-budget-cuts

Oct 20

Costa Rica Faces an $882 Million Revenue Hole as Courts, Police and Schools Take Cuts

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/15/costa-rica-tourist-arrivals-fall-september-2026

Oct 16

Costa Rica Tourism Falls for a Second Month as US Arrivals Drop: Costa Rica tourist arrivals fell 2.4% in September, the second monthly drop ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/16/costa-rica-farmer-olga-vargas-fao-recognition

Oct 17

Costa Rica Farmer Olga Vargas Named Among FAO’s 100 Women Heroes: Costa Rica farmer Olga Vargas joins FAO’s 100 Women Heroes for her work growing guavas ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/20/costa-rica-sinpe-movil-registration-fines

Oct 21

Costa Rica Gives SINPE Móvil Businesses 12 Months to Register Payment Numbers or Face Fines

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/17/costa-rica-ccss-stomach-cancer-treatment-delays

Oct 18

Costa Rica Audit Finds Long Delays for Stomach Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: A CCSS audit found long waits for stomach cancer tests and treatment in Costa Rica ...

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Oct 19

Toys R Us may open in Costa Rica without a local partner. Each 500-square-meter store would cost about $300,000, its regional franchise holder says. ticotimes.net

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Oct 22

An expat reflects on Costa Rica’s new CACCO megaprison, El Salvador’s influence and whether tougher prisons can make everyday life safer. ticotimes.net

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/16/costa-rica-cacco-prison-court-challenge

Oct 16

Costa Rica Prison Faces Court Challenge Before Inmate Transfers Begin: A rights group asks Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court to halt CACCO inmate transfers over ...

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Oct 18

Join me in uncovering the beauty of Costa Rica through the lens of Wendy Stoneham. Find out what living here truly means. ticotimes.net

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Oct 20

A national march against university budget cuts leaves San Pedro at 9 a.m. Tuesday and rallies outside the Legislative Assembly until 6 p.m ... Show more

University March Will Slow San José Traffic Tuesday From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/18/costa-rica-owls-camera-traps

Oct 19

Costa Rica Owls: Camera Traps Reveal Their Hidden Live: Meet Costa Rica’s owls through a biologist’s firsthand encounters and camera trap videos ...

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Oct 09

That long, rolling shake you felt just before noon started in Panama, and it was big: a magnitude 7.7, the same size as the strongest earthquake ever recorded ... Show more

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/13/costa-rica-first-coral-larvae-manzanillo-reef

Oct 13

1 Million Coral Embryos Return to a Costa Rica Reef in a National First: Researchers in Manzanillo raised coral larvae in a lab for the first time in Costa Rica ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/13/costa-rica-trash-problem-littering-plastic-waste

Oct 14

Costa Rica’s Trash Problem Begins in Our Own Neighborhoods: From discarded plastic bottles to littered streets, one longtime resident reflects on Costa ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/17/costa-rica-intestinal-parasite-surgery

Oct 18

The Rare Costa Rica Parasite That Sent Me to Surgery: A longtime expat recalls a rare intestinal parasite in Costa Rica that led to emergency surgery and changed ...

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Oct 17

President Laura Fernández says DEA and FBI operations already take place in Costa Rica, a country with no army, under a protocol from the last government. Costa Rica’s President Says US Government Already Operates on Costa Rican Soil

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/11/costa-rica-artificial-beach-guanacaste-water

Oct 12

Costa Rica’s First Artificial Beach Runs on Well Water as Guanacaste Dries Out: Costa Rica's first artificial beach draws on well water as Guanacaste heads ...

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Oct 14

Snoop Dogg's Dec. 3 Costa Rica concert is canceled. Refunds will be automatic, but a court workers' association's $2.32 million is unresolved ... Show more

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/14/costa-rica-public-school-enrollment-drop-180000

Oct 15

Costa Rica’s Public Schools Have Lost 180,000 Students in Five Years: Public school enrollment in Costa Rica has fallen 16.5% since 2021 as births decline ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/12/tampa-costa-rica-nonstop-flights-breeze

Oct 13

First Tampa to Costa Rica Nonstop in 25 Years Is Now Flying Twice a Week: Breeze Airways completed its first two flights from Tampa to Costa Rica ...

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Costa Rica Traditional Food You Must Try: Costa Rica traditional food explained: gallo pinto, casado, olla de carne and chifrijo, where to eat them and what they ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/06/costa-rica-cacco-opening-bukele-de-la-espriella

Oct 07

Bukele and Colombia's President Expected at Costa Rica Prison Opening: Bukele and Colombia's De la Espriella are expected at the Oct. 14 opening of Costa Rica's ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/15/credit-card-purchases-offer-new-leads-in-killing-of-american-in-costa-rica

Oct 15

Credit Card Purchases Offer New Leads in Killing of American in Costa Rica: Supermarket purchases and a hotel stay allegedly paid for with a dead American’s ...

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Costa Rica adopts Bukele’s penitentiary model with the inauguration of a new mega-prison

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/12/costa-rica-dollar-exchange-rate-450-colones

Oct 13

Dollar Slips Back Toward 450 Colones, Shrinking What Your Dollars Buy: The Costa Rica exchange rate slid back toward 450 colones, with the dollar closing Friday ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/06/jaguars-tortuguero-costa-rica-camera-traps

Oct 07

Camera Traps Track Jaguars in Costa Rica’s Tortuguero: Camera traps installed along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast have identified 11 individual jaguars in and ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/08/costa-rica-global-retirement-index-2026

Oct 08

Costa Rica's Pensionado Visa Ranks Fourth in Global Retirement Index: Costa Rica's Pensionado visa ranks fourth of 46 retirement programs worldwide on its $1 ...

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Oct 10

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to open a 168-room hotel in Grecia, by 2028, bringing another international hotel brand to an area of Costa Rica ... Show more

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/10/pandora-closes-costa-rica-stores

Oct 11

Pandora Closes All Five Stores in Costa Rica, Leaving Shoppers With Questions: Pandora has closed all five of its Costa Rica jewelry stores. The company has not ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/08/costa-rica-illegal-fishing-noaa-monitoring-concerns

Oct 09

US Flags Costa Rica Again Over Illegal and Unreported Fishing Concerns: NOAA has again identified Costa Rica over illegal and unreported fishing concerns ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/12/costa-rica-electric-train-400-buildings-right-of-way

Oct 12

More Than 400 Buildings Sit in the Path of Costa Rica's Electric Train: Incofer found more than 400 homes, shops and buildings inside the Costa Rica electric ...

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Fire totally destroys oldest covered food market in Paris: The Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges in the Marais district has existed since 1615 and draws its name ...

Key FactsFire destroys Paris’s Marché des Enfants Rouges

Oct 12, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk

Emergency services were called to the market in the 3rd arrondissement at approximately 4.15am on Monday.

More than 150 firefighters with 50 emergency vehicles tackled a blaze that consumed approximately 1,000 square metres.

At least two-thirds of the metal structure collapsed; no civilian casualties were reported, while one firefighter received medical attention.

Authorities are investigating the still-unknown cause and have urged the public to avoid the surrounding area.

The covered market has been completely destroyed. There is nothing left.
— Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre de Bouvier told BFMTV.

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/09/panama-earthquake-felt-costa-rica

Oct 10

Magnitude 7.6 Quake Centered in Panama Is Felt Across Most of Costa Rica: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in Panama shook Costa Rica at midday Friday ...

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Panama earthquake live: Mag-8 quake sparks tsunami warnings in 9 countries: A magnitude 8 earthquake in Panama has spark tsunami warnings across Central America ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/05/canadian-tourists-costa-rica-surge

Oct 06

Canadian arrivals in Costa Rica jump 24% as travelers skip the US: Canadian arrivals in Costa Rica rose 24% through August as travelers avoid the US ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/07/costa-rica-concert-producers-arrested-money-laundering

Oct 07

Costa Rica Concert Producers Arrested in $850,000 Money Laundering Probe: Two Costa Rica concert producers are among 18 people arrested in a probe into $850 ...

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Oct 09

Strong 7.6 magnitude earthquake felt in Panama, Costa Rica, tsunami waves possible, USGS says

Key FactsPanama earthquake followed by 147 reported aftershocks

Oct 10, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com

According to the USGS, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck southern Panama on October 9.

Panama’s civil protection system reported damage to homes, roads, hotels and public buildings, especially in Coclé province.

According to René García, 147 aftershocks followed; some reached magnitudes of 6.1 or 6.6.

Panama’s main international airport was temporarily closed as a precaution; flights were diverted before operations resumed later that day.

Panama is not alone! You can count on Colombia's support and our full willingness to provide whatever assistance is needed," he wrote on social media.— Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombian President, on social media during what he called 'difficult times'.

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Oct 05

Costa Rica Among Only Two Latin American Countries Where Most Say Nation Is on Right Track

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/08/costa-rica-child-poverty-conare-study

Oct 09

Study Counts More Than 557,000 Costa Rican Children in Poverty: A Conare study finds 557,193 minors in Costa Rica's social-aid registry are classified as ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/02/mcdonalds-81st-costa-rica-puntarenas

Oct 03

McDonald’s Opens Its 81st Location in Costa Rica: McDonald's opened its 81st Costa Rica restaurant in El Roble, its first in Puntarenas, with AutoMac ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/02/breeze-airways-tampa-costa-rica-flights

Oct 03

Breeze Airways Begins First Costa Rica Flights From Tampa: Breeze Airways starts nonstop flights between Tampa and San José, Costa Rica, on Oct. 3 ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/08/uber-taxi-red-taxi-price-vs-uberx-costa-rica

Oct 09

Booking a Red Taxi on Uber in Costa Rica Can Cost 2.5 Times More: Red taxis booked through Uber in Costa Rica charge the official meter fare ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/07/jw-marriott-costa-elena-all-inclusive-opens

Oct 08

World’s First All-Inclusive JW Marriott Opens in Guanacaste: The world's first all-inclusive JW Marriott is now open at Playa El Jobo on Costa Rica's ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/06/route-32-closed-zurqui-landslide

Oct 06

Route 32 to Costa Rica’s Caribbean closed after overnight landslide: A landslide closed Route 32 at Zurquí Monday night. Your detour options and today's ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/04/costa-rica-tarcoles-river-dock-sinac-investigation

Oct 05

Costa Rica Authorities Find Dock Inside Protected Río Tárcoles Area: SINAC found a 148-meter walkway and dock extending into a protected Río Tárcoles area and ...

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EWMSC to open chemotherapy unit before year-end - CNC3: Shastri BoodanGML Correspondent Cancer patients receiving oncological care at the Eric Williams Medical ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/03/costa-rica-el-nino-electricity-rates

Oct 04

Costa Rica Plans to Spread El Niño Power Costs Over Three Years of Bills: Costa Rica proposes spreading El Niño power generation costs over 36 months of ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/03/china-us-influence-latin-america-latinobarometro-poll

Oct 04

China Tops US in Latin America Influence for First Time: For the first time, Latin Americans rate China's influence above the US, a 2026 Latinobarometro ...

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Rs 4 lakh to Rs 40 LPA, Rs 4 Cr in assets and no EMIs: Pune man’s FIRE journey: Shubh Patil is 35, owns assets worth about Rs 4 crore, and carries no loan of any ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/03/costa-rica-manuel-antonio-hotel-environmental-complaint

Oct 05

Costa Rica Hotel Project Faces Environmental Damage Allegations: A criminal complaint alleges environmental damage and sediment runoff at a luxury Hilton-branded ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/10/01/bryan-ruiz-costa-rica-coach-debut-nicaragua

Oct 02

Bryan Ruiz Debuts as Costa Rica Coach With Nations League Survival at Stake: Bryan Ruiz coaches Costa Rica for the first time tonight against Nicaragua ...

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Oct 02

Rs 235 cr missile bet, Rs 4.3 cr robot bet: Singhania and Kedia’s new picks revealed

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ticotimes.net/2026/09/29/costa-rica-45-tons-drugs-us-military-plane

Sep 30

US Military Plane Flies 45 Tons of Seized Drugs Out of Costa Rica: A US Air Force C-17 flew 45 metric tons of drugs seized in Costa Rica to the United States for ...

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ticotimes.net/2026/09/29/quepos-airfield-private-jets-fernandez

Sep 30

President Fernández Wants Private Jets Landing in Quepos: Costa Rica's president wants private jets landing in Quepos. A $4.5 million airfield tender is ...