Drug trafficking and violence in Central America is at an all-time high. Experts on Costa Rican security met this week to discuss ideas on how to improve the country's most pressing issues.
The U.S. will maintain its embargo on the import of Costa Rican shrimp for a third straight year. While environmental groups consider the ban a victory, members of the shrimping sector feel the embargo is unjustified and unfair.
Artists from anywhere in the world are invited to submit applications to perform in the festival, set to take place in March in the Costa Rican capital.
The family-run coffee plantation in the mountains of Costa Rica’s Southern Zone incorporates charming, rustic accommodations and adventure tourism with rappelling on several waterfalls.
