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 HomeNewsCosta RicaSolís reports positive meeting with U.S. Vice President Pence Solís reports positive meeting with U.S. Vice President Pence By The Tico Times March 17, 2017 Share FacebookXWhatsAppEmail Roberto Carlos Sánchez / Casa Presidencial Trending Now Costa Rica Prosecutors Investigate Pico Blanco Plane Crash That Killed Five Prosecutors in Costa Rica have opened a negligent homicide investigation into the November 2024 crash of a commercial passenger plane on Cerro Pico Blanco,... 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 Costa Rica Flights Caught in Only the Third Nationwide US Ground Stop Ever The FAA stopped all US departures Friday. Here's what it means if you're flying to or from Costa Rica. Read more French Woman Found Shot Dead Inside Her Guanacaste Home A 64-year-old French woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside her home in Cabo Velas, Santa Cruz, on Friday... Read more Four in Ten Costa Ricans Hold Back Opinions on Social Media Out of Fear Four in ten Costa Ricans say they have held back from sharing their opinions on social media for fear of the consequences, according to... Read more Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll Rebeca Grynspan won 12 of 15 Security Council votes in the eighth UN secretary-general straw poll. Read more Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow... Read more Have a US Visa Appointment Wednesday? The Embassy Will Be Closed The US Embassy and visa section in San José close Nov. 11 for Veterans Day and reopen Thursday. Read more San Ramón Forests Hold Nearly Half of Costa Rica’s Bat Species The forests around San Ramón shelter at least 56 bat species, nearly half of all those recorded in Costa Rica, according to researchers at... 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 Dollar Falls to a Record Low of 446 Colones in Costa Rica November 13, 2026 Costa Rica Flights Caught in Only the Third Nationwide US Ground Stop Ever November 13, 2026 Banks and Businesses in Costa Rica Must Accept Digital ID Starting January November 13, 2026 Heavy Storms Could Drop Nearly 3 Inches of Rain on Costa Rica Today November 13, 2026 Salvadoran Troops Turn Haiti National Stadium Into Base After Retaking It From Gangs November 13, 2026 Shakira Returns to Costa Rica in 2027 After More Than 15 Years November 13, 2026 Finish Your Government Paperwork by Dec. 21 as Costa Rica Offices Close November 13, 2026