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Low riders, high ideals

20 October 2011

The windows are huge; you’re cruising at an altitude low enough to allow you to gape in wonder at the pristine Costa Rican landscape below… Do you really need to read the inflight magazine?

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Winds of change

2 November 2021

The president of Central America’s climate upstart stole the show at Cop26 – but he’s not done yet.

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When you land in Costa Rica your taxi driver will know the way to San José, it’s just that he won’t be entirely sure why you want to go. This is a capital city at odds with its peaceful surroundings – but arguably all the…

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Americas

20 August 2014

The simple but effective motorcades used by Costa Rica's presidents, plus Montserrat's upcoming parliamentary elections and the rise of goats in US cities.

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Americas

16 September 2010

Costa Rica's first female president gets the once over in our Style Leader. Plus our Washington correspondent reports on how big business and political campaigns in the US don't always make good bedfellows.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 243

3 October 2012

We ask who’ll next lead Italy’s Il Partito Democratico, look at Turkey’s campaign to recover archeological treasures, and learn why Costa Rica may ban hunting.

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The Briefing - Friday 26 March

26 March 2021

Has North Korea become Biden’s biggest foreign-policy headache? Plus, EU member states continue bickering among themselves over vaccine rollouts, a roundup of stories from Costa Rica and Andrew Mueller’s reflections on the…

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The Briefing - Wednesday 13 May

13 May 2020

What impact will the conflict with China have on the US election? Plus: the science behind physical distancing, the latest from Costa Rica and how restaurants are facing the challenges of the pandemic.

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The Briefing - Monday 2 April

2 April 2018

We discuss China’s decision to impose tariffs on US food exporters, profile Costa Rica’s new president and ask what a Russian football match reveals about the sheer size of the country. Plus: we preview of ‘The Monocle…

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The Briefing, episode 687

27 June 2014

Shashank Joshi of RUSI assesses Barack Obama’s intention to provide support for Syria’s rebel armies, we ask why Costa Rica’s president has banned the display of portraits of himself in government buildings, and preview…

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Alcohol anonymous

27 July 2016

While Anheuser-Busch has embraced US patriotism as a marketing strategy with the decision to change the name of its flagship beer Budweiser to America for the summer, Costa Rica will be moving in the opposite direction. The…

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Issue 149

Monocle’s December/January bumper issue will take you to the far reaches of the globe, from poring over design details in Uzbekistan to petting mountain rescue dogs in Alaska. Alongside our annual Soft Power Survey, we get…

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 2 April

2 April 2018

As another round of violence erupts in Israel, we get the latest. Meanwhile, we reflect on the result of Costa Rica’s election, the latest in a series of miscalculations by pollsters around the world. Plus: why Zimbabwe’s…

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 30 March

30 March 2015

We have a look at the elections in Nigeria as early results start to come in and ask if Greece is turning to Russia for economic help. Plus we discover how Costa Rica hasn't burned any fossil fuels so far in 2015 and review…

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The Monocle Daily, episode 691

30 June 2014

We get live reactions from Tel Aviv after the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenaged boys, hear why the Argentine government is using the international press to refute claims that it is about to default on its…

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The Stack - 100 years of ‘Architectural Digest’

12 October 2019

Editor in chief Amy Astley talks to us about the title’s 100th birthday. Plus: former ‘Time’ correspondent Charles Eisendrath on his new memoir, which includes stories from an outpost in Argentina and surviving a plane…