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    <text>Costa Rica inaugurates CACCO de Alta Contención de la Criminalidad Organizada, a maximum-security prison modeled after El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, aimed at holding 20% of the country's current prison population, as the homicide rate reached a record high in 2023. </text>
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    <text>Costa Rican police arrest a man in connection with an alleged threat against president Laura Fernández Delgado. The president is evacuated during a visit to northern Costa Rica after an explosion was reported nearby. </text>
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    <text>President Rodrigo Chaves Robles restricts abortion in Costa Rica only to cases where the life of the mother is at risk. </text>
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      <text>The Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica asks the National Assembly to strip president Rodrigo Chaves Robles of immunity, so that he can be prosecuted for corruption charges. </text>
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    <text>The Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica requests the National Assembly to strip President Rodrigo Chaves Robles of immunity so that he can be prosecuted for corruption charges. </text>
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    <text>Costa Rica closes its airspace for at least five hours after a power outage disables radar systems and disrupts hundreds of flights, before reopening after systems were restored. </text>
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    <text>Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves Robles survives a congressional vote to lift his immunity, falling short of the required majority, after prosecutors accused him of abuse of power in a corruption case. </text>
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      <text>Costa Rican police arrest four suspects in the killing of exiled Nicaraguan former military officer Roberto Samcam, who was shot dead near San José in June. </text>
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    <text>Costa Rican police arrest four suspects in the killing of exiled Nicaraguan former military officer Roberto Samcam near San José in June. </text>
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      <text>Davivienda, of Colombia, and Scotiabank, of Canada, announced a merger where Davivienda absorbs Scotiabank operations in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama, and, in turn, Scotiabank acquires 20% of the stakes in Davivienda. </text>
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    <text>Colombian bank Davivienda and Canadian bank Scotiabank announces a merger where Davivienda will absorb Scotiabank's operations in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama, and, Scotiabank will acquire 20% of Davidienda's stakes. </text>
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  <text>A bus transporting local tourists overturns in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica, killing three people and injuring 39 others, including seven seriously. </text>
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