Today in Costa Rica Costa Rica Moves to Dock Pay for Education Workers Who Joined Strike Costa Rica Moves to Fire 36 Finance Ministry Workers Over Mouse-Jiggler App El Niño Could Leave 306,000 People in Costa Rica Short of Water Teachers Strike Today as 11 Groups March Through Downtown San José Protest Caravan to Santa Ana Could Slow Traffic West of San José HomeTopicsArts and CulturePHOTOS: Festival de la Luz parades through San José PHOTOS: Festival de la Luz parades through San José By The Tico Times December 13, 2015 Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Trending Now Costa Rica Asks You to Cut Water Use as the El Niño Dry Season Begins Costa Rica's water utility wants you to save water as the dry season starts this week under a strong El Niño. There is no rationing yet. Here is what it is asking. Read more Santa Cruz, Home to Tamarindo, Leads Guanacaste in Murders and Car Break-Ins Santa Cruz has 22 of Guanacaste's 75 homicides this year, with Tamarindo on top. OIJ detained 10, including two police officers. Read more Costa Rica Heads to Ecuador and Argentina Without Keylor Navas Bryan Ruiz will take Costa Rica into its toughest test of the year without Keylor Navas. The veteran goalkeeper was left out of the... Read more Central America – Where Soccer Is Stuck in Time Bryan Oliva, 12, runs across a field of yellowing, overgrown grass in a densely populated neighborhood of San Salvador. He dreams of becoming a... Read more Costa Ricans Could Vote on Reopening Crucitas to Gold Mining Costa Ricans could be asked to decide at the ballot box whether gold mining returns to Crucitas, after President Laura Fernández confirmed that her... Read more 5 Costa Rica Parks With Closed Trails or New Rules This High Season High season is starting, and several of Costa Rica's best-known national parks have a trail, an entrance or a whole sector closed. Others are... Read more Spot an Injured Animal on Route 27? Don’t Touch It. Here’s Who to Call If you see an injured animal on Route 27, the toll highway between San José and the central Pacific coast, don't pull over and... 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 Marino Ballena Closes Piñuela Entrance for Six Months, Whale Tail Still Open Marino Ballena's Piñuela sector is closed for six months. Here's which entrances are still open. 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 Costa Rica Banks Pay as Little as 436 Colones per Dollar – Here’s How to Get More November 14, 2026 Costa Rica Moves to Demolish Narco Airstrips Without a Conviction November 14, 2026 Italian Wanted in 2021 Santa Cruz Killing Extradited to France November 14, 2026 The Local Pharmacy and the Surprises of Costa Rica Life November 14, 2026 Costa Rica Falls 2-0 to Ecuador in Quito as the Bryan Ruiz Era Begins November 14, 2026 Monteverde Went From 25 Dry Days a Year to Nearly 120, BBC Reports November 14, 2026 Blocked Estuary May Explain Playa Langosta Fish Die-Off November 14, 2026
