Today in Costa Rica Chaves’ Complaint Sparks Debate on Press Freedom in Costa Rica Media Clash HRW: Trump Deports 200 Migrants to Costa Rica After Abuse Costa Rica’s Housing Crisis Persists Amid High Rents and Subsidy Cuts International Rowing Championship in Costa Rica Costa Rica Presses U.S. to Lift 10% Export Tariff in High-Stakes Talks HomeNewsletterThe Sloth Kong dance The Sloth Kong dance By The Tico Times June 26, 2014 Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail With its unexpected victory in Group D of the 2014 World Cup Brazil, Costa Rica has truly become the happiest place in the world. Popular Articles Young Capuchins Kidnap Baby Howler Monkeys in Panama, Study Finds A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals... Read more Costa Rica’s Massive Fish Kills Also Kills Tourism In Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands, the Madre de Dios and Santa Marta lagoons in Barra del Pacuare, spanning Matina and Siquirres in Limón, are... Read more HRW: Trump Deports 200 Migrants to Costa Rica After Abuse The government of U.S. President Donald Trump “unjustly” expelled 200 migrants to Costa Rica—including children—after holding them “in abusive detention conditions,” the NGO Human... Read more The Tico Times Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Latest Articles The Unnamed Street in Costa Rica That Could Be the World’s Steepest May 27, 2025 Costa Rica Pavones Evictions Maritime Zone Dispute Sparks Outrage May 27, 2025 United Airlines Starts Direct San Francisco to San José, Costa Rica Flights May 27, 2025 Capybara Dies After Rescue from Wildlife Trafficking in Costa Rica May 26, 2025 Costa Rica Celebrates EU’s Low-Risk Deforestation Classification May 26, 2025 Venezuela’s Maduro wins landslide in election boycotted by opposition May 26, 2025 El Salvador Journalists Warn of Rising Repression Under Bukele Government May 25, 2025
