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/* phone */
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{
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content:'' !important;
width:100% !important;
height:100% !important;
position:absolute !important;
top:0 !important;
left:0 !important;
display:block !important;
z-index:0 !important;
background-image:none !important;
background-size:cover !important;
background-position:center top !important;
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background-color:#ffffff !important;
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                            <div class="td-login-info-text">A password will be e-mailed to you.</div>
                        </div>
                        
                        
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<p>I&#8217;m very proud and glad to let you know that we are back and ready to embark on The Tico Times&#8217; next chapter under the leadership of our new owner and publisher, Rob Hodel, founder of Tico Travel and CentralAmerica.com. He&#8217;s passionate about ensuring that the paper&#8217;s <a href="https://ticotimes.net/2016/05/18/60-tico-times-celebrates-tradition-reinvention">61-year tradition of quality journalism </a>survives and thrives. We&#8217;re hard at work preparing new plans and projects to unveil in the months ahead; we can&#8217;t wait to share them with you.</p>
<p>In the meantime, please join us once again at <a href="https://ticotimes.net/">wordpress-257819-2837440.cloudwaysapps.com </a>and on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TicoTimes/">Facebook page</a> for news and opinion, arts and culture, photos and videos, and much more from our beloved Costa Rica.</p>
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