MIKE O’Hara,at Casamar Lodge,had an unusual catchfor the Caribbeancoast last week whenhe caught a 50-poundAtlantic sailfish justoutside Barra delColorado in theextreme northeast ofCosta Rica...
Former Costa Rican President Rafael ÁngelCalderón Jr. (1990-1994) is in prison. FormerPresident Miguel Ángel Rodríguez is in housearrest (1998-2002). And former President JoséMaría Figueres...
FORMER marina operator Jim McKee could havesaid “I told you so,” but he didn’t. His worst fears aboutwhat would result when government officials closed...
EMERGENCY officials in Escazú, west of SanJosé, are warning residents and hikers in the protectedhills above the town that more big mudslides arepossible during...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – A hundredand fifty years after U.S. mercenaryWilliam Walker declared himselfPresident of Nicaragua, a lesser-knownideologue from Managua is hoping tobecome the first...
BOTH the U.S. Embassy in San Joséand the private mail company Aerocasillashave said they will send U.S. electionabsentee ballots to the United States forfree...
TERRIBLE road conditions betweenChacarita de Osa and Puerto Jiménez deGolfito are slowing tourism in the nation’sSouthern Zone, La Nación reported thisweek.Residents and hotel representativestold...
THE Costa Rican government is movingforward in talks with the governmentof Japan for a $100 million credit to helprenovate the Central Valley’s sewer system,La...
ANTONIO Álvarez, one of theNational Liberation Party (PLN) frontrunnersfor presidential candidate for the2006 elections, announced this week he isleaving the party to form his...
