Few weeks on the Costa Rican calendar carry the weight of Easter (Semana Santa). Easter week in this Catholic country is not simply a holiday. It is a cultural...
The U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific has quickly become more than a security story in Costa Rica. What began as an operation...
Cuban protesters living in Costa Rica rallied Saturday outside the Cuban Embassy in San José, denouncing repression on the island and backing Costa Rica’s decision this week to scale...
Costa Rica added another international tourism accolade this week after being named Best Nature Destination at the inaugural Forbes Travel Awards 2026, a distinction that reinforces the country’s long-running...
Latin American players delivered some of the strongest storylines of the day at the Miami Open on Saturdy, with Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin...
Treetopia Park has opened what is being billed as Costa Rica’s first glass suspension bridge, adding a new attraction to Monteverde’s long-established cloud forest adventure circuit. The structure, called...
The dollar closed the week lower again in Costa Rica’s wholesale currency market, a move that is starting to matter beyond bank screens and trading tables. The weighted average...
The family of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of a Manuel Antonio resort. The action came Friday in federal...
The United States hit a suspected narcotrafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific and Costa Rica later received two bodies and one critically injured survivor off the southern coast. The...
Every morning in Costa Rica, tens of thousands of Uber drivers wake up, check their app, and begin a quiet calculation that many of their passengers never think about....
Costa Rica is weighing whether to require proof of measles vaccination from some incoming travelers as health officials respond to renewed concern over imported cases and falling immunization coverage...
Costa Rica is seeing another increase in human screwworm infections, with coastal provinces among the most affected areas as health officials warn people not to ignore cuts, sores, and...
Cuba accused Costa Rica of acting under U.S. pressure after the Central American nation closed its embassy in Havana and ordered most Cuban diplomats out of San José. The...
This morning, Costa Rica extradited former security minister and ex-magistrate Celso Gamboa Sánchez and alleged trafficker Edwin López Vega, known as “Pecho de Rata,” to the United States, completing...
Chuck Norris, the martial artist and actor whose on-screen toughness turned him into one of the most recognizable action stars of his era, has died at 86. His family...
Costa Rica reached a record fourth place in the World Happiness Report 2026, its highest position ever in the annual global ranking and the best result yet for any...
Costa Rica and Panama have signed a memorandum of understanding on railway development, giving new shape to a long-discussed idea of better overland links between the two countries and,...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino dismissed accusations Thursday that his government failed to meet its obligations in an arbitration case brought by Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong...
Costa Rica on Wednesday set up two U.S.-donated mobile cargo scanners at Peñas Blancas and Paso Canoas, widening the inspection network at our busiest land borders as authorities try...
Morocco is one of those places that feels like stepping into a different world. The colorful markets, the smell of spices in the air, and the sound of calls...
Under Costa Rica law, several types of powers of attorney can be granted to allow one person to represent another. Although the term includes the word attorney, these powers...
A proposed international airport near Sierpe in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone has revived one of the country’s most sensitive infrastructure debates, setting economic development goals against the protection...
In the hills southwest of San José, Puriscal has steadily become one of Costa Rica’s most appealing places for investors, retirees, and families seeking a better quality of life...
Bullets are flying in Costa Rica. Every day, it seems, I read online about a new murder in San José, Limón, or Puntarenas. I watch reels of gunfights, the...
President Rodrigo Chaves gave Costa Rica’s break with Cuba a harder and more openly ideological edge on Wednesday, using the embassy closure announcement to call for communism to be...
Cuban protesters living in Costa Rica rallied Saturday outside the Cuban Embassy in San José, denouncing repression on the island and backing Costa Rica’s...
Latin American players delivered some of the strongest storylines of the day at the Miami Open on Saturdy, with Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo and Argentina’s...
Cuba accused Costa Rica of acting under U.S. pressure after the Central American nation closed its embassy in Havana and ordered most Cuban diplomats...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino dismissed accusations Thursday that his government failed to meet its obligations in an arbitration case brought by Panama Ports...
President Rodrigo Chaves gave Costa Rica’s break with Cuba a harder and more openly ideological edge on Wednesday, using the embassy closure announcement to...
Kombucha Culture, the top kombucha producer in Costa Rica and Central America, now sells its canned drinks at select stores in Southern California and...
Costa Rican authorities will launch a nationwide Holy Week operation aimed at protecting wildlife and national parks during one of the busiest travel periods...
In a major advancement for marine conservation, the One Ocean Worldwide Coalition (OOWC), in collaboration with Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)...
