Across the United States, election workers are dusting off voting machines, updating registration lists and designing ballots. The 2010 U.S. election cycle is well...
The United States Embassy can often feel impersonal and overly bureaucratic, and for some first-time visitors, stepping through the heavily guarded security room of...
Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are among the dignitaries who will attend this weekend’s inauguration of Costa Rica’s first female...
Randall Arauz remembers the moment his passion veered in a new direction. In 1997, shortly after he founded the Marine Turtle Restoration Program (Pretoma),...
Outgoing President Oscar Arias signed a law Tuesday morning that would gradually funnel more of the government’s $18.9 billion annual budget to local governments.
The...
New Ministry to Coordinate Poverty Relief
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Fernando MarÃn has one goal when he steps into office on May 8: to shrink the number of families...
Costa Rican soccer has a new hero.
Across the Atlantic, Bryan RuÃz, the 24-year-old, lanky, stringy-haired Costa Rican forward, led FC Twente to a 2-0...
One hundred years after an earthquake toppled Cartago, geologists continue to learn from the deadliest natural disaster in Costa Rican history.
Mauricio Mora, seismologist and...
Restaurant 1910 rose from the wreckage of Cartago.
One hundred years have passed since an earthquake destroyed Costa Rica’s colonial capital. The Cartago restaurant pays...
