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Costa Rica Issues Green Alert as Rincón de la Vieja Activity Increases

Costa Rica has placed five areas near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano under a preventive green alert after more than 100 eruptions were recorded...

Costa Rica’s Two Biggest Soccer Clubs Meet Saturday Night in Alajuela

Costa Rica's two most popular soccer clubs, Alajuelense and Saprissa, play each other Saturday night in Alajuela. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. at the...

Costa Rica Free Zones Lose Jobs for First Time in Seven Years

Employment in Costa Rica’s free-zone regime fell year over year in July for the first time in seven years, ending a long stretch of...

Can Tourism Really Push Out Drug Trafficking in Costa Rica’s South Pacific?

Local officials and business leaders in Costa Rica's South Pacific are betting on tourism to change the image and economic trajectory of communities long...

Costa Rica Renews Push to Make Chirripó Its First UNESCO Global Geopark

Costa Rica and the State Distance University are renewing an effort to have Chirripó recognized as Costa Rica's first UNESCO Global Geopark, a designation...

Watch Spider Monkeys Return to Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula

A camera trap project on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula produced an unexpected discovery: Central American spider monkeys living wild in an area where the species had once disappeared.

US Demands Nicaragua Release Brooklyn Rivera’s Relatives

The United States on Monday demanded that Nicaragua’s government release relatives of Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera, who died in prison three months ago. Rivera,...

Costa Rica’s president says US ground operations would benefit national security

President Laura Fernández said US ground operations on Costa Rican soil would be good for national security if they pursued shared targets, while stressing...

Vaping Sends More Costa Rican Teens to the Doctor as New Rules Wait Until 2027

Four out of every 10 medical consultations for vaping-related disorders recorded in Costa Rica last year involved patients between the ages of 10 and...
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