Today in Costa Rica Grynspan Holds Lead as New Emirati Candidate Disappoints in Race to Lead UN Sarapiquí Bus Crash Toll Rises to Three as Bus Lacked Excursion Permit Costa Rica Pension Overhaul Could Require 30 Years of Work Instead of 25 Costa Rica Drops Bid to Join Pacific Trade Pact and Fires Its Trade Minister Costa Rica Bus Crash Leaves Two Dead and Dozens Injured HomeTopicsArts and CulturePHOTOS: Festival de la Luz parades through San José PHOTOS: Festival de la Luz parades through San José By The Tico Times December 13, 2015 Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Trending Now Bukele Says Remains Handed Over in Haiti Do Not Belong to Missing Salvadoran Technicians El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stated that human remains delivered to Salvadoran forces at a Haitian airport do not belong to the four aviation... Read more Many US Deportees Remain in Costa Rica as Report Faults Migration Agency Costa Rica cannot fully meet its human rights obligations to the migrants the United States is deporting here from other countries, according to a... Read more Costa Rica Banks Rank Second Only to Argentina for Dollar Risk, Moody’s Says Costa Rica's banking system is among the most exposed in Latin America to a sudden squeeze on dollar funding, second only to Argentina, according... Read more JetBlue First Class Is Coming to Three Costa Rica Routes This Winter JetBlue's BlueFirst first class reaches Liberia Dec. 26 and San José Jan. 5. Here is what the new cabin includes. Read more Suspect in Playas del Coco Killing of American Will Be Held for One Year A 22-year-old woman suspected of killing American businessman Marc Walter Fleming in Playas del Coco will remain behind bars for at least the next... Read more US Embassy Helped Mother Get Son Out of Costa Rica Community, She Says An American mother says she watched her son grow thinner and more distant over more than two years in a religious community in Pérez... Read more Four Detained in Costa Rica Over Sedative-Spiked Rides From Bars Costa Rican authorities detained four men yesterday who are suspected of offering rides to people leaving bars in San José, drugging them with a... Read more 46 US Veterans Tried Ayahuasca in Costa Rica, Where Rules Remain Murky Forty-six American veterans and first responders drank ayahuasca at a Guanacaste retreat to ease combat trauma. Their stories are moving, but the evidence is thin and Costa Rica's rules remain unsettled. Read more Costa Rica Unveils New ₡100 Coin Celebrating Limón Calypso Costa Rica is paying tribute to one of its most distinctive musical traditions with a new ₡100 coin celebrating Limón calypso, a genre deeply... Read more The Tico Times Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail San José Guanacaste Limón Puntarenas Loading… Feels like Humidity Wind Full Costa Rica Forecast → Data: OpenWeatherMap Latest News from Costa Rica Scarlet Macaws Start Nesting in Costa Rica, and You Can Watch Live October 31, 2026 Expect Gusts Up to 85 km/h and Rain in Costa Rica This Weekend October 31, 2026 Grynspan Holds Lead as New Emirati Candidate Disappoints in Race to Lead UN October 31, 2026 Costa Rica’s Creepiest Ghost Stories and Mysterious Legends October 31, 2026 Suspect in Playas del Coco Killing of American Will Be Held for One Year October 31, 2026 Costa Rica Hotel Wins Two World Travel Awards, Putting Tárcoles in the Spotlight October 30, 2026 For First Time, Costa Rica Votes Against UN Call to End US Embargo on Cuba October 30, 2026
