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Woman heard “be not afraid” before cure sealing John Paul II’s sainthood

August 24, 2021 at 5:51 p.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Suffering a potentially fatal swelling in the brain, Costa Rican grandmother Floribeth Mora says a voice spoke to her through a photograph of the late Pope...

Woman heard “be not afraid” before cure sealing John Paul II’s sainthood

May 14, 2019 at 4:56 a.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Suffering a potentially fatal swelling in the brain, Costa Rican grandmother Floribeth Mora says a voice spoke to her through a photograph of the late Pope...

International court tells El Salvador to allow abortion of deformed fetus

August 24, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The regional human rights court for the Americas on Thursday told El Salvador it must let doctors perform an abortion on a woman carrying a seriously...

Costa Rica spokesman resigns amid Chinchilla flight scandal

August 24, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's communications chief resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal engulfing President Laura Chinchilla, saying he failed to properly screen a man who arranged for her...

Costa Rican president says ready to act again to defend currency

August 22, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica's president said on Thursday that she was ready to take more steps to prevent flows of foreign capital from driving the country's...

Costa Rica declares national emergency to tackle coffee fungus

August 24, 2021 at 2:43 a.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica on Tuesday declared an emergency to tackle the spread of a coffee fungus that has already devastated Central American producers and looks set to...

Sun, sand and root canal: Medical tourism booms in Costa Rica

August 23, 2021 at 11:21 p.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - When Canadian house cleaner Marlene Trithardt needed a tooth replaced, she drove past her local dentist's office in Alberta and flew to the beach paradise of...

Sun, sand and root canal: Medical tourism booms in Costa Rica

May 14, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - When Canadian house cleaner Marlene Trithardt needed a tooth replaced, she drove past her local dentist's office in Alberta and flew to the beach paradise of...

Powerful quake strikes Costa Rica, no initial reports of damage

August 23, 2021 at 9:16 p.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck western Costa Rica on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital and sending residents running onto the streets, but there were no initial...

Powerful quake strikes Costa Rica, no initial reports of damage

August 22, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck western Costa Rica on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital and sending residents running onto the streets, but there were no initial...

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