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Full List Of Countries Hit By US President’s New Trade War Levies
Daily Independent
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August 7, 2025
1 US president Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs for dozens of countries have come into force as he continues to escalate his global trade war. Last week Trump announced higher import duty rates of between 10 per cent and 41 percent for multiple...
Costa Rica Detains Two in Killing of U.S. Citizen
Tico Times
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August 6, 2025
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of American businessman Eshraghollah Vatani. Vatani was reported missing at the end of May in Quepos and was tragically found dead days later in...
Effectiveness vs. Legitimacy of Governments at the IACtHR
EJIL: Talk!
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August 7, 2025
In February 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR; the Court) heard oral arguments in the case Chirinos Salamanca and others v. Venezuela. The case concerns 14 police officers that were charged with the murder of a journalist and...
Costa Rica's nine-course meal in the sky
BBC
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He handed over a San Lucas "passport", which included another map of the country with background about each province, and opened the suitcase to reveal an adventurous assortment of appetisers: taro root chips; a cocoa butter sphere containing agua...
Costa Rica Urged to Fix Broken Forestry Permit System
Tico Times
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August 5, 2025
A new report by the Comptroller General’s Office (CGR) revealed that poor management of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) in granting forest use permits is compromising the...
Sensational U.S. Deportation Plan Targets Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Times
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August 5, 2025
In a controversial move that’s set to ignite political debate, the United States government plans to fund deportations of migrants specifically to Costa Rica, according to a confidential document recently revealed by Reuters. This policy could...
Canada Issues Shocking New Travel Advisory for Costa Rica Amid Rising Crime Fears
The Costa Rican Times
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August 5, 2025
In a worrying development for Costa Rica’s tourism sector, Canada has updated its official travel advisory, highlighting escalating concerns over crime. The advisory explicitly warns Canadian travelers to exercise heightened caution, raising...
Vacation Gone Wild: Couple’s Costa Rica Trip Ends with Unexpected Furry Family Member
The Costa Rican Times
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August 5, 2025
Most people bring home souvenirs like t-shirts or coffee beans after a Costa Rican getaway. But for one adventurous American couple, their trip took a delightfully unexpected turn when they returned home with a rescued dog, forever changing their...
Why doesn’t Costa Rica and Panama become one country?
Q Costa Rica
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August 5, 2025
The idea of Costa Rica and Panama joining raises several complex considerations involving history, politics, economics, and national identity. The two countries have distinct governments and national identities, making unification unlikely. While...
Trends in Conscious Tourism: What New Visitors Are Looking For in Costa Rica
Costa Rica News
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August 5, 2025
Where once the marketing focused on the sun and beaches and lush jungles, now it goes much further: leadership in conscious tourism. People don’t just go there to chase waterfalls or Instagram their trips. There’s a purpose. People want...
USNS Comfort Departs Costa Rica
MilitarySpot - Alabama
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August 5, 2025
LIMÓN, Costa Rica (July 28, 2025) Sailors assigned to the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) assist a patient departing Comfort in Limón, Costa Rica during Continuing Promise 2025, July 28, 2025. Continuing Promise 2025 is the 16th...
Students Explore Culture With Visit to Costa Rica
Hudson Valley Press - New York
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August 6, 2025
Pura Vida! Six Mount Vernon High School students recently returned from a cultural excursion to Costa Rica with Señora Dulce Nunez, Spanish teacher at MVHS. They immersed themselves in the culture and language, learned about and experienced new...
Tariffs urge correction for Costa Rica’s currency
fDi Intelligence
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The writer is CEO of Latin American property developer Grupo Zeta Costa Rica has long been praised as a regional leader. Stable, business friendly and committed to smart development. For decades, we’ve welcomed foreign investment, built a...
IKEA Plans To Open First Store in Costa Rica
Tico Times
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August 5, 2025
IKEA plans to open its first store in Costa Rica after signing a franchise agreement with Sarton Group. The deal announced today gives Sarton exclusive rights to build and run IKEA operations in the country, along with Panama. Sarton Group already...
Exact days and time you can score international flights for as low as $137 as ‘September slump’ sees prices nosedive
The U.S. Sun
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August 6, 2025
ASPIRING travelers should pack their bags, because flight prices are dipping. The season for cheaper flights is here as the late summer months bring better pricing. 4 Rio de Janeiro is cheaper than usual in the later summer monthsCredit: AFP 4 A...
Final chance to complete Latin Lawyer-Vance Center pro bono survey!
Latin Lawyer
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August 6, 2025
Credit: Shutterstock/AraGosha Remember to complete Latin Lawyer and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice’s joint annual pro bono survey. Read on to find out how to take part. Law firms across Latin America can take part in the...
Rwanda agrees to accept up to 250 migrants from the US
Sky News
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August 6, 2025
Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump's administration. The decision makes Rwanda the third African country to agree to accept migrants as part of the United States's strategy to...
"We'll just raise prices": Latin American agro industry reacts to U.S. tariffs
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 6, 2025
While countries like Brazil face a 50 percent tariff on exports to the U.S., the rest of the Southern Cone faces a scenario some might consider more favorable. Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Suriname were excluded from...
The Extravagant Rise of the Corporate Incentive Trip
Wired
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August 6, 2025
Business travel doesn’t typically conjure up the most glamorous images: working-group sessions in overlit conference rooms, awkward dinners with coworkers at unmemorable chain restaurants. But for some lucky employees, there’s a special subset of...
International coalition demands Russia return abducted Ukrainian children
Interfax Ukraine
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August 5, 2025
The International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, created within the framework of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, has called on Russia to return the abducted Ukrainian children without delay and...