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Costa Rica’s Supreme Court of Justice ruled this month to eliminate the requirement of using a father’s surname before a mother’s on identification documents, a practice common in Spanish-speaking nations, the Associated Press reported. The ruling follows a request for clarification from the country’s elections board...

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Need to Know

April 21, 2023

Paradise, Imperfect

Costa Rica

Those who live in Costa Rica practice what they refer to as the “pure life.” They dwell in a beautiful ecosystem where the culture is easygoing. The country’s army was abolished in 1948. In contrast with the 1980s, when deforestation rates in Costa Rica were...

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The World Briefly

April 05, 2022

Small Victory, Big Plans

Costa Rica

Former World Bank economist Rodrigo Chaves won Costa Rica’s presidential runoff elections over the weekend, promising to shake up traditional party politics and revive the country’s economy, Bloomberg reported Monday. Preliminary results showed that Chaves secured 53 percent of the vote against his rival, former President...

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