Larry Kraft is a former high-tech exec traveling the world with his wife and two kids to learn about the environment and the effects of climate change. Here’s what he discovered in Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest.
Environmentalists worry a nearly $1 billion port expansion plan on the Caribbean coast could damage sensitive ecosystems. Project managers say those concerns are unfounded. A government agency will decide who’s right.
Costa Rica ranked first in three categories – Natural Beauty, Environmental Friendliness and Hotels and Resorts – although the company that performed the study is the same one that developed Costa Rica's new brand.
Presidency Minister Carlos Ricardo Benavides rejected findings from Vanderbilt's regional public opinion survey that Ticos have the lowest support for their political system since 1978.
The president will be in intensive care for 24 to 48 hours and will be hospitalized for another three to four days followed by a month of recovery time.
