Today in Costa Rica Costa Rica Road Death Rate Up to Five Times Higher Than Europe Costa Rica Blocks Tárcoles Crocodile Deck Permits as Officials Push Back Costa Rica to Accept 25 Deportees From the US Each Week Costa Rica Puma Makes Miraculous Recovery Yard House Opens First International Restaurant in Costa Rica HomeNewsletterPublic employee protest takes over San José's Second Avenue Public employee protest takes over San José’s Second Avenue By L. Arias August 20, 2015 Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Alberto Font/The Tico Times Trending Now Panama to Begin Resettlements for Indio River Reservoir Next Year The public agency that operates the waterway plans to build a 4,600-hectare reservoir on the Indio River, west of the existing route, to store... Read more Costa Rica Police Find Underground Illegal Gold Mining Storage Site Costa Rican police uncovered a hidden underground storage facility packed with equipment used for illegal gold mining during weekend operations in Cerro Conchuditas, in... Read more Christina Aguilera explores Costa Rica’s La Paz Waterfall Gardens The American pop star headlined the second night of the PICNIC Festival in Heredia on Saturday, March 21. She delivered a set of her... Read more U.S. Adds Nicaragua to Visa Bond List for B1 and B2 Visas Nicaraguan citizens who apply for U.S. visitor visas will need to post a bond of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000 starting April 2. The U.S.... Read more Costa Rica to Accept 25 Deportees From the US Each Week Costa Rica’s new migration agreement with the United States is starting to look less like a one-off diplomatic gesture and more like a regular... Read more Miami Open Women’s Final Aryna Sabalenka Beats Coco Gauff for Title Aryna Sabalenka completed the Sunshine Double on Saturday, March 28, beating Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the Miami Open women’s final and defending... Read more L. AriasReporter | The Tico Times | Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Latest News from Costa Rica Costa Rica Opens All National Parks for Semana Santa March 30, 2026 Nicaragua Celebrates Semana Santa with Unique Religious Traditions March 30, 2026 Costa Rica Road Death Rate Up to Five Times Higher Than Europe March 30, 2026 U.S. Monitors Surge in Detentions of Panama-Flagged Ships in Chinese Ports March 30, 2026 Human Rights Watch Urges El Salvador to End Bukele’s State of Emergency March 30, 2026 Costa Rica Sportfishing Efforts Grow in Barra del Colorado March 30, 2026 Jannik Sinner Wins Miami Open 2026 to Complete Historic Sunshine Double March 29, 2026