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Sykes has announced several hundred job cuts in Costa Rica. This is because of a reduction in operations with one of its 10 clients. 80% of those affected will be…
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Costa Rica’s Wooden Bicycle Maker
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/05/06A cabinetmaker and cyclist combined his passions and made a wooden bike. Alonso González Coto will use his creation to compete in a mountain biking competition known as Trans Costa…
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Hard for Children Over the Age of 5 in Costa Rica to Be Adopted
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/05/06Children over age five are in need of adoptive families. These children are hard to place because most families want to adopt babies or younger children. If kids are in…
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Don’t forget to look up at the sky tonight. There is going to be a meteor shower easily visible to the naked eye. It’s best to view it from a…
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There are Olympic or semi-Olympic swimming pools in only 40% of Costa Rica’s 82 national cantons. 42% of these 74 pools are located in the capital. Of the 31 swimming…
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Money Laundering Raid in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/05/01The Judicial Investigation Agency, along with the Prosecutor’s Office, carried out a raid in a building in Chinatown. Five people were detained for money laundering. The activity is related to…
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Meteorite Found in Costa Rica 4.56 Billion Years Old
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/05/01The UCR has confirmed that the rock that fell in San Carlos is a meteor and that it is approximately 4.56 billion years old. The initial studies indicate that it…
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Foreigner Gets First Transgender Costa Rican ID
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/05/01A Venezuelan who has been living in Costa Rica became the first trans foreigner to receive a Tica ID card confirming his self-perceived gender via a new name. He felt…