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Carlo Díaz begins second term with a warning to Costa Rica’s “Political Class”
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s re-elected Attorney General, Carlo Díaz, is entering his second term with a sharper understanding of the country’s criminal and political tensions—and with a public promise to defend the...
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Carlo Díaz begins second term with a warning to Costa Rica’s “Political Class”
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s re-elected Attorney General, Carlo Díaz, is entering his second term...
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Seven out of every ten restaurants in Costa Rica fail to comply with pricing regulations
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Costa Rica farmers apply nearly twice the official pesticide rate to crops, study finds
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Laura Fernández regrets not having attended the meeting with Donald Trump
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