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'Happy' Costa scores on Atletico Madrid return in cup rout

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10 tourists and 2 pilots killed as plane crashes in Costa Rica

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Atletico Madrid, Chelsea reach agreement for Costa return to Spain

AtleticoMadridandChelseaonThursdayannouncedtheyhavereachedthe"basisofanagreement"forAtleticotobuybackBrazilianbornSpanishinternationalstrikerDiegoCosta.Bothclub

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Costa Rica, Canada reach quarter-finals of Gold Cup

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Diego Costa claims Antonio Conte no longer wants him at Chelsea

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Latin America's 1st tropical fruit shipment to China sets sail

The first shipment of Costa Rica's pineapples to China set sail on Friday from the Pacific port of Caldera for Shanghai, as part of the Latin American country's initial efforts to explore the Chinese tropical fruit market.

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Latin America's 1st tropical fruit shipment to China sets sail

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Former Portuguese president Soares passes away

​Former Portuguese president Mario Soares died Saturday at the age of 92, two weeks after he was admitted to a hospital in capital Lisbon.

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Costa swaps Olympic volunteer role for pole vault berth

Brazilian pole vaulter Joana Costa has revealed she planned to participate at the Rio Olympics as a volunteer before securing a late berth as an athlete.

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Costa Rican police arrest 18 illegal Cuban migrants

The Costa Rican police arrested 18 illegal Cuban migrants on Saturday afternoon, the La Nacion daily reported Sunday.

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Cuban migrants' violent entry into Costa Rica triggers denouncement on U.S. blockade against Cuba

The violent entry into Costa Rica Wednesday by at least 1,000 U.S.-bound Cuban migrants stranded in Panama has sparked condemnation from regional countries on the United States' Cuba policy.

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Cuban migrants with children waiting to board next flight out of Costa Rica

After the first 180 of 8,000 stranded Cuban migrants reached Mexico from Costa Rica on Wednesday, the next group will be made up of families with young children, although the date of the next flight has not yet been set.

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Costa Rican teens show great zeal for Chinese culture at national competition

​A Chinese proficiency competition aimed at boosting bilateral cultural exchanges and understanding concluded here Monday after whipping up a Mandarin craze in the Central American country.

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Brazil's ruling party denies involvement in bribery scandal

The ruling Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) on Thursday denied the alleged involvement in a bribery scheme related to state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras.

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Improvement of Brazilian economy depends on U.S. growth: Rousseff

Any improvement of Brazil's economy will depend on the U.S growth, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said in a televised interview Monday.

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Xi calls on China, Costa Rica to strengthen inter-parliamentary exchanges, coope

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on his country and Costa Rica to enhance exchanges and cooperation between their legislatures so as to promote the rule of law in the two countries.