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Costa Rica’s History at the FIFA World Cup
Costa Rica News
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August 8, 2025
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup draws into focus, Costa Rica find themselves at a pivotal crossroads: one step away from a fourth consecutive World Cup berth. Staring down a qualifying group featuring Honduras, Haiti, and Nicaragua. The odds, driven by...
HHS confirms first travel-related human case of New World screwworm in US
Washington Examiner
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August 25, 2025
A Maryland resident contracted the New World screwworm after returning home from El Salvador, Reuters first reported. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case was related to the parasitic fly on Aug. 4, according to HHS....
Costa Rica's History At The FIFA World Cup
MENAFN
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August 8, 2025
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Costa Rica Is Undergoing The Pacific Alliance's SWOT Analysis: What Role Would It Play?
MENAFN
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August 8, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) To put it in perspective, Costa Rica-with 5.3 million inhabitants-represents just 26% of Chile's population (20 million), 15% of Peru's (34 million), 10% of Colombia's (53 million), and just 0.4% of Mexico's (131...
Learn About The Healing Power Of Dogs In Physical, Mental, And Emotional Therapies In Costa Rica
MENAFN
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August 12, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) The relationship between people and dogs goes far beyond companionship : it has a direct and positive impact on mental, emotional, and physical health. This is supported by numerous international studies and clinical...
Costa Rica Faces Collapse of Its Waste Management System
Tico Times
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August 8, 2025
Costa Rica is facing a solid waste crisis. The country generates more than 4,000 tons of solid waste each day, an estimated 80% of which could be recycled or reused. Yet, due to widespread regulatory failure and institutional inaction, much of...
Why Costa Rica’s Drug Problem Persists and Possible Solutions
Tico Times
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August 11, 2025
Illegal drugs, and the drug trade, are driving factors behind the ever-increasing murder rate in Costa Rica. This is a given. A combination of lucrative earning potential, lax law enforcement, and two sizable coastlines has made Costa Rica a major...
New concern in Costa Rica: Why so few May beetles?
EcoAmericas
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Abejones de Mayo, or May beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), have traditionally been so characteristic of the start of Costa Rica’s rainy season that there is even a popular saying, “clumsy as a May beetle,” to describe their erratic flight in the...
Who will pay the 15% tariff that Donald Trump imposed on Costa Rican exports?
Q Costa Rica
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August 11, 2025
Last Thursday, August 7, the new tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump went into effect. In the case of Costa Rica, the tariff was set at 15%, one of the highest in Central America. As explained by Costa Rica President Rodrigo...
Costa Rica Hosts Global Research on Sharks and Pollution
Tico Times
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August 7, 2025
Bahía Santa Elena is one of the best-preserved marine areas in the Costa Rica, renowned for its biological richness, scenic beauty, and ecological importance. This area is part of the Bahía Santa Elena Marine Management Area, a conservation space...
The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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August 25, 2025
The U.S. has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite whose northward creep from South America has put the country's cattle industry on high alert in recent months. The Centers for Disease Control and...
This New Wellness Resort Has The Largest Spa In Central America—And Sits Inside A Volcanic Crater
Forbes
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Hotel La Compañía del Valle, located in El Valle del Anton, Panama. Hotel La Compañía del Valle For decades, Costa Rica has been a magnet for wellness-centered getaways packed with surf, sun and spas, setting it apart from anywhere else in the...
Identifican en Estados Unidos un caso raro de infección por gusano barrenador del Nuevo Mundo tras viaje desde El Salvador
KVIA - Texas
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August 25, 2025
Por Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Un portavoz del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. informó que se identificó en Maryland un caso raro de gusano barrenador del Nuevo Mundo en un paciente que viajó desde El Salvador. Los Centros para el...
Despotism at the Door
The Bulwark
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Two years ago yesterday, Donald Trump was booked on racketeering charges at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. Those charges—which stemmed from Trump’s open attempt to steal the 2020 election in the state—have gone up in smoke after the...
Costa Rica: Screwworm becomes a threat to humans and animals
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 5, 2025
Costa Ricans infected so far in 2025 by the parasite (Cochliomyia hominivorax) face life-threatening risks because, although rare, infections in humans can be fatal, especially in vulnerable patients, warned the National Animal Health Service,...
USNS Comfort returns to Norfolk after a 79-day deployment providing medical care, humanitarian assistance
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Sailors assigned to the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort man the rails during Comfort’s homecoming to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after completing Continuing Promise 2025 Aug. 17, 2025. (Deven Fernandez/U.S. Navy) The Mercy-class hospital...
The Morning Briefing: Let's Trade the Vodka for Diet Coke. I Have a Kremlin Hangover.
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
Happy Monday, Morning Briefing readers. I'm filling in for Kruiser today — I'm not sure where he is, but the last time any of us saw him, he was chasing and cursing the ice cream man because he ran out of Bomb Pops. It's also his mom's 87th...
11 Foods with Vitamin B12 to Boost Energy and Brain Health
Costa Rica News
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August 17, 2025
You can’t have a well-balanced diet without incorporating vitamin B12 into your meals. This water-soluble vitamin, explains Samantha Dieras, RN, DCN, director of outpatient nutrition services at Mount Sinai Hospital, plays a vital role in nerve...
Horror as case of deadly flesh-eating parasite which burrows through human flesh detected
Daily Express
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August 25, 2025
The first case in the United States of a deadly flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been detected. A person in Maryland was treated for the parasite after travelling from Guatemala, which follows an outbreak among animals that began in Central...
Costa Rican Scientists Cut Microalgae Farming Costs by 95%
Tico Times
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August 5, 2025
A team led by Costa Rican biologist Maritza Guerrero has developed a natural biostimulant using microalgae that promises to revolutionize agriculture. The product, named Phyco-Plus, enhances crop productivity, regenerates degraded soils, captures...