Monthly Archives: February, 2016

Our "Doing Business" column takes another look at Uber in Costa Rica, and what the controversy shows us about the key to changing old habits.

From dining to theater to live music, San José offers a variety of options for a Valentine's Day on the town this year.

A massive storm exploded in intensity just off the Southeast U.S. coast on Sunday afternoon, driving hurricane force winds and whipping waves into a frenzy. And in the middle of this monster storm was a cruise ship on its way to Florida – rocking, roiling and taking a major beating from the most powerful storm we've seen in the western Atlantic so far this winter.

Here's what you need to know about whether solar power or small-scale hydroelectric is the right choice for your property in Costa Rica.

While Intel closed its assembly and shipping facility in Belén in 2014, eliminating 1,500 jobs, the company now has more, better-paid full time employees here, and the company plans to increase its payroll in Costa Rica.

Peyton Manning got his storybook ending, if this indeed was his final NFL game.

Alexander Iglesias, 27, cheers during the Denver Broncos' 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. Iglesias, who was born in Nicaragua...

Preliminary results by Costa Rica's Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) on Sunday night showed turnout in municipal elections has increased from 28 percent in 2010 to 35 percent this time around.

Municipal elections in Costa Rica have struggled with low turnout in the past but those who did vote said they did so out of a sense of patriotic obligation.

Wearing a straw hat, a polo shirt and jeans, Jorge slices the bulbs with a razor blade, releasing a sticky paste -- the raw material of a growing heroin epidemic feeding addicts in the United States and fueling violence in Mexico.