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Puntarenas

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[poon-tah-re-nahs] / ˌpun tɑˈrɛ nɑs /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Costa Rica.


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Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Marshals Service said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Marshals Service said that the suspect, Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, had been found at a hostel in Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas on Costa Rica’s west coast.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Marshals Service said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

"Fourteen tourists and three guides on board three rafts, and a kayaker, were on the Naranjito river in Quepos, Puntarenas when the accident occurred," Alexander Morales of the Red Cross told AFP.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2018

Today the "Amano Maru" is a mystery ship haunting Puntarenas and the waters between Costa Rica and Panama and occasionally vanishing out to sea with her wireless crackling constantly.

From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by Spivak, John L.

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