The Costa Rica Star is an English-language news publication that has been online since late 2011. As of 2014, the focus of this website was to cater to the English-speaking expatriate population in Costa Rica, particularly those living in the Central Valley and in the province of Guanacaste. The website's About page indicates that The Costa Rica Star was founded in December 2011 by a Canadian citizen living in Costa Rica as a full-time legal resident. Indeed, one of the first articles on the site reported on the death of British political author and thinker Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 15, 2011. The website's Facebook Timeline had more than 90,000 followers as of January 2020 More information...
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