The downtown San José complex that includes the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum and the Numismatic Museum has been closed for two months to upgrade its lighting system.
Since May, the Libertarian Movement Party has faced continued scrutiny about the party’s accounting of ₡250 million ($500,000) spent during the 2010 municipal election...
For every 1,000 long-line fishing hooks set in Costa Rica, an average of 10-14 turtles are snagged. Randall Arauz, the president of Pretoma, thinks that number could be dramatically reduced with a national fishing schedule.
On Aug. 14, a U.S. student was reported kidnapped – and later found – in the Caribbean province of Limón. But little information about the case was made public by authorities, leaving residents unsure of what happened. The Tico Times retraces the events of that night.
German Moreno was convicted of sexually abusing children in Costa Rica in 1993, but the doctor fled to the U.S. before he could be sentenced. On Monday, Moreno was arrested on new charges – but will the fugitive doc face justice this time?
UNDER THE SUN: Kids Saving The Rainforest volunteers fold reused Tico Times newspapers into paper bags for use in the group’s gift shop in Manuel Antonio.
