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From Opening for Bad Bunny to Conquering the World: the Costa Rican twins at the heart of reggaetón
Ana and Lucía Barrantes fell in love with reggaetón through their Panamanian lodger, before noticing something was missing from the club scene: women. Now as DJ In Betwin, the siblings are among Latin America’s most recognisable…
Forever your Maternal Animal (2026) by Valentina Maurel
Maurel’s film, which explores a dysfunctional family in San José of Costa Rica, had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the 'Un Certain Regard' section.
PESCADOR (2024) by Harry Domenico Rossi
The lives of an American marine biologist, her missing shipwrecked brother and a Costa Rican fishermen interlink in this debut feature touching themes of life and death, mythical creatures and impossible dreams.
Memories of a Burning Body (2024) by Costa Rican director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
The Costa Rican submission to the 97th Academy Awards for ‘Best International Feature’ is Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’s moving fictional documentary ‘Memories of a Burning Body’, which will be screened at the BFI London Film…
CLARA SOLA (2021) by Swedish/Costa Rican director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
The film Clara Sola (2021)which will be on general release from November 18-2022, first opened at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight in July 2021 and has already received 17 wins and 20 nominations. After being in the Dare Strand at…
Don Chezina, Wisin and Jon Z will put you on the beat of "3G
In the firstly, Wisin has united his voice to that of the Puerto Ricans Don Chezina and Jon Z for a new song that promises to make all reggaeton lovers to dance.
Costa Rica: Religious Extremism Becomes Election Favourite
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5 SIGHTS OF SOUTH AMERICA YOU WON'T FORGET
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Not So ‘Pura Vida’
Sun and sea yes, but sex tourism, in Costa Rica? Behind the image of the Caribbean’s cleanest and most civilised tourist hotspot, lies a murky world, fed by foreign sex tourists, of exploitation and poverty.
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