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Well, the time has finally come. As we announced earlier this month, ICR News will officially merge with our sister publication, The Costa Rica Star, beginning on Monday (February 1st). The pos...

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Medical epidemiologist and newly-appointed coordinator of Costa Rica’s National Disease Vector Control Program, Rodrigo Marin Rodriguez said that Costa Rica could see up to 60,000 cases of Zika...

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health confirmed a second imported case of the Zika virus on Friday. The post Costa Rica’s Health Ministry confirms second imported case of Zika virus appeared fir...

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The WHO warns the Zika virus is spreading rapidly through the Americas and could affect as many as four million people. The post Zika virus could be a perfect storm in Latin America, millions c...

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Just when Venezuelans thought things couldn’t get worse, that’s exactly what they did. The post Venezuela’s capital ranks as the world’s most murderous city appeared first on Inside Co...

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Police officers seized four marijuana-infused gummy bears as well as 3.5 grams of a potent marijuana variety from a US man traveling in a vehicle near San Jose's Parque Morazán Wednesday night. ...

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Travel along with one of Central America's migrant smugglers, better known in this part of the world as a "pollero". For the past four years, he has been earning a living running migrants through...

https://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/27/special-feature-portrait-central-american-migrant-smuggler/

A bill that seeks to toughen penalties for the sexual exploitation of minors advanced to Costa Rica’s Legislature on Tuesday. The post Bill seeking tougher penalties for sexual exploitation o...

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The U.N. on Monday announced a U.S.-financed pilot program to help fight corruption in El Salvador, a Central American country so torn by drugs and gang warfare that it ranks among the most viole...

https://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/27/un-el-salvador-launch-us-backed-anti-corruption-program/

The Oaxaca Children's Forum was joined Tuesday by several priests and activists in accusing Mexico's Catholic hierarchy of protecting a priest who may have abused around 100 children. The post ...

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