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1/ Our five most read articles in October, from Costa Rica’s proposed tax on foreign income to the best picadillo family recipe 🧵
5/ Rentista residency is available in several Central American countries. How the requirements compare, and which country might suit you.
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6/ A family recipe for Costa Rican picadillo de papa, the delicious lunch that turns up at home kitchens and sodas across the country.
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With Halloween today and Day of the Dead tomorrow, a look at four cemeteries in Central America: Chichicastenango’s brightly painted tombs in Guatemala, William Walker’s grave in Trujillo, Honduras, the marble statues of Granada, Nicaragua, and an island cemetery in Cabuya, Costa Rica that you can only reach at low tide.
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With lakes, rivers, mangroves, and two tropical coastlines, kayaking is one of the best ways to experience Central America up close.
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✈️ Cambio importante en la ruta Alemania–Costa Rica
A partir del 14 de diciembre de 2027, Lufthansa deja de operar directamente los vuelos Frankfurt–San José. La ruta pasa a manos de Discover Airlines (aerolínea de ocio del Grupo Lufthansa).
🔹 4 vuelos semanales directos FRA–SJO
🔹 +2 vuelos semanales que continúan de San José a Belize City (nuevo destino)
🔹 Total: la oferta sube de 5 a 6 vuelos semanales
🔹 Avión: Airbus A330-300
Es parte de la estrategia del grupo de mover rutas más turísticas a Discover. Los boletos se seguirán vendiendo en los canales de Lufthansa y Discover.
Belize is planning a new airport near Secret Beach to replace the airstrip in downtown San Pedro. A look at what’s actually planned, what the government has said, and what people on Ambergris Caye think of it.
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Copa is the Emirates of the Americas.
Panama has about 4.5 million people. Last year its main airport handled 21 million passengers, and roughly 7 in 10 of them were just changing planes.
Copa built that hub, and it did it with nothing but 737s.
ALT Map of the Americas centered on Panama City with rings at 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, and 3,400 miles. Every Copa destination falls inside the 3,400-mile ring. Each dot is colored by the period Copa added it: 27 before 2006, 18 from 2006 to 2010, 19 from 2011 to 2015, 8 from 2016 to 2020, and 15 from 2021 to 2026. Newer dots cluster in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil. A side list gives the farthest destinations: Montevideo at 3,396 miles, Buenos Aires at 3,325, and San Francisco at 3,321.
Central America has deserts? Sort of. Panama’s Sarigua and Guatemala’s Motagua Valley are the closest the region gets, and both are worth a stop.
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Living in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 is such a beautiful experience. This morning in my wonderful little neighborhood a small heard of cows broke loose from the ranch about a mile away. Instead of cars honking or police being called. My neighbor and I just walked them back to their place and we laughed about it. That would never have been the result back in the Bay Area
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Costa Rica coffee growers report income down nearly 30% as the dollar sits near 455 colones and world coffee prices fall. ticotimes.net/2026/10/24/cos…
From November 20, Airbnb hosts can no longer require guests to strip beds, wash dishes, or take the trash off the property. We look at what the change means for anyone booking a rental in Costa Rica, and why it’s worth checking whether a rental is licensed before you book.
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Today’s helpful hint. If you are building in El Salvador, don’t forget to build hammock hooks into your building columns. Otherwise, you will have to bust your buns to drill through the wall. Apparently, the window cages don’t hold up to major hammock use. Ask me how I know that
Given recent events, we don’t recommend buying property in Nicaragua right now. But for anyone who does decide to go ahead, our guide covers ownership rules for foreigners, coastal leases and concessions, the buying process, taxes, and financing.
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The World Series starts on Friday, with the Rays against the Brewers. Neither team has ever won it, so there’ll be a first-time champion by the end of the month. Here’s where to watch it across Central America, what time each game starts, and what the Central American angle is this year.
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Nine American retirees lost their beach homes at Playa Gavilán, Nicaragua, this summer. Most were returned weeks later, with no explanation for either the seizure or the return. We look at what happened, how Nicaragua treats property and its owners, and why we’d rent rather than buy.
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