Approximately a year and a half after a bank robbery-turned-bloody standoff in the touristy village of Santa Elena shocked Costa Ricans and foreign tourists...
Artist Emily Gassenheimer de Friedlander wants people to realize that magic exists.
After the recent inauguration of her exhibit, “Sooks and Sallies:Mermaid Lessons and a...
In a move toward reducing pollution in the exhaust-choked San José area and reducing operating costs, approximately 130 city buses began running on biodiesel...
The clock is ticking for U.S. citizens to register as absentee voters in the mid-term Congressional elections Nov. 2. Luckily, options abound for those...
Oscar Arias doesn’t like Casa Presidencial. The two-time President of Costa Rica prefers to conduct business not at the presidential offices in the eastern...
Oscar Arias has described younger brother Rodrigo as his “right and left hand.” Though not particularly close as children, according to Rodrigo, they became...
Rodrigo Arias pauses before sitting down, adjusts his cufflinks and eases into his seat.
He’s been here before.
His job as Minister of the Presidency, put...
Although the country’s conservation areas are the main tourist attractions in the country, most of them are in poor condition, the daily La República...
