{
  "id": 9308958,
  "title": "Shopping and Daily Life in Costa Rica: Ferias, IVA and SINPE",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/shopping-and-daily-life-in-costa-rica-ferias-iva-and-sinpe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:24:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/shopping-and-daily-life-in-costa-rica-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Shopping and daily life in Costa Rica in 2026: the supermarket ladder, the Saturday feria, what a basket of food costs, the 13 percent IVA and SINPE. The post Shopping and Daily Life in Costa Rica: Ferias, IVA and SINPE appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}