Today in Costa Rica Protest Caravan to Santa Ana Could Slow Traffic West of San José Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll Local Elections Drove Costa Rica’s CPTPP Reversal, Sources Say Costa Rica Unemployment Climbs to 6.5% With 20,000 More Out of Work HomeCosta RicaArcadio's World: Merry Christmas! Arcadio’s World: Merry Christmas! By The Tico Times December 25, 2014 Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail Trending Now Peru’s Ignacio Buse Stuns Medvedev in Landmark Paris Masters Victory Peru’s Ignacio Buse delivered one of the biggest upsets of the Paris Masters on Wednesday, defeating world No. 5 Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 to... Read more Costa Rica’s First Female Extradition Suspect Faces Legal Battle Over Transfer to United States Appeal pauses extradition of La Güera, the first Costa Rican woman ordered sent to the US on cocaine charges. Read more Pacific Low Has a 60% Chance of Turning Tropical as Costa Rica Braces for Rain A low off Central America's Pacific coast now has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression, and heavy rain could reach parts of the region through the weekend. With soils already up to 90% saturated, here is what to expect and how to plan. Read more Protest Caravan to Santa Ana Could Slow Traffic West of San José Shuttle drivers roll from La Sabana to Santa Ana at 7:30 a.m. over new 2027 marchamo fees. Expect delays. Read more Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends. Read more A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a... Read more Costa Rica Can’t Build Its Way Out of Traffic, Public Works Minister Says Costa Rica's public works minister says more lanes won't end traffic. Here's what MOPT is betting on instead. Read more Every Big Mac Sold in Costa Rica on Nov. 13 Goes to Charity On Nov. 13, every Big Mac sold at McDonald's in Costa Rica funds sick children's families and a youth jobs program. The goal is 75,000. Read more A Quiet Island Escape in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya A three-hour journey and a short boat ride from my home in Costa Rica took me somewhere that felt much farther away. Isla Jesusita... Read more The Tico Times Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail San José Guanacaste Limón Puntarenas Loading… Feels like Humidity Wind Full Costa Rica Forecast → Data: OpenWeatherMap Latest News from Costa Rica A Quiet Island Escape in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya November 10, 2026 Costa Rica Has Seized 74 Tons of Drugs This Year, a Total the US Calls Historic November 10, 2026 Costa Rica Can’t Build Its Way Out of Traffic, Public Works Minister Says November 10, 2026 ATP Finals 2026 Set for Turin Without Sinner as Four Newcomers Join Field November 10, 2026 Marino Ballena Closes Piñuela Entrance for Six Months, Whale Tail Still Open November 10, 2026 Central America – Where Soccer Is Stuck in Time November 10, 2026 DEA Traced Costa Rica’s First Female Extradition Case to a 2-Ton Jungle Lab November 10, 2026
