Costa Rica Living Discussion Forum Guidelines

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Slander and defamation are criminal offences in Costa Rica and not civil offences which means that people can be locked up for saying things that are considered slanderous or defamatory so please remember this if you see that a comment has been deleted and aren’t sure why.

Having said that, please note that legal advice will NOT be given in this forum and…

If you are an expert in a particular field please make that clear because the opinion of someone with significant experience will obviously be considered more valuable by our VIP Members than someone who “ain’t been there and done that.”

Be nice, no profanity, no name calling, do not include your email address unless you want to be flooded with unsolicited emails and por favor! Remember that commercial posts where someone is obviously trying to promote or sell something are not allowed and will be deleted by one of our Moderators.

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