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Coordinates: 10°N 84°W / 10°N 84°W / 10; -84

Costa Rica (i/ˌkoʊstə ˈriːkə/; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally meaning, "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 4.5 million, of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city, San José.

Costa Rica was sparsely inhabited by indigenous people before coming under Spanish rule in the 16th century. It remained a peripheral colony of the empire until independence as part of the short-lived First Mexican Empire, followed by membership in the United Provinces of Central America, from which it formally declared sovereignty in 1847. Since then, Costa Rica has remained among the most stable, prosperous, and progressive nations in Latin America. Following a brief but bloody civil war, it permanently abolished its army in 1949, becoming the first of only a few sovereign nations without a standing army.

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Knoxville Daily Sun 22 Mar 2025
It was one of President Donald Trump's first acts on his return to the White House ... Some have closed altogether ... +2 ... Divergentes, which operates from Costa Rica, cut its payroll in half and Herrera fears "a total information blackout" in Nicaragua ... ....
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Mel B puts on a leggy display in a plunging white lace mini dress as ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Mel B put on a leggy display as she arrived at America's Got Talent filming in Pasadena on Friday ... She said ... Scary Spice described her experience in Costa Rica as the 'Las Vegas of challenges' and said it really pushed her out of her 'comfort zone' ... .
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Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylum

Chatanooga Times Free Press 22 Mar 2025
... consulate told the group they would have to reach out to the embassy in Costa Rica, and handed the migrants a piece of paper with general phone lines and emails printed from the embassy’s website.
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This Is Fascism

New York Magazine 22 Mar 2025
... American leader expediting the inevitable, offering up his country as a dump site for Trump’s deportees before the administration could resort to threats, as it has against Panama and Costa Rica.
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CNN 22 Mar 2025
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Why Trump’s global transformation might just succeed

Asiatimes 22 Mar 2025
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The Atlantic 22 Mar 2025
Even as Donald Trump advertises his hard-line approach to border crossers, he is actively soliciting one particular group of immigrants ... A nature lover might look to Costa Rica, which grants residence (and a fast track to citizenship) for $150,000.

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