Costa Rica's team for the upcoming World Surfing Games in Jacó was announced Wednesday. The team will feature the country's biggest names in surf, including Carlos "Cali" Muñoz and the decorated McGonagle siblings.
The Costa Rican currency, the colón, has been on a slow slide against the the U.S. dollar during the last several months but analysts say it’s unlikely to fall much farther.
The popular Holalola brand began as artist Priscilla Aguirre's rebellion against trite images of Costa Rica in favor of an offbeat, urban approach, and has become a delight for Costa Ricans and tourists alike.
The executive decree reinstating the right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Costa Rica went into effect three months ago. But just one private clinic has applied and received authorization to perform the fertility procedure.
Another season of the Costa Rican national surfing circuit has ended as Santa Teresa's Anthony Fillingim and Pavones' Leilani McGonagle were crowned the men's and women's national champions Sunday.
"The cartoon has become, for me, an instrument of constant social critique. The cartoonist is a chronicler of history." Luis Demetrio Calvo steps into our Weekend Arts Spotlight.
