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Flesh Eating Fly That Spread Through Costa Rica Has Reached Texas

Guest Author - June 6, 2026

Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

June 6, 2026

Costa Rica Braces for a Wet Weekend as Forecasters Watch a Possible Tropical System

June 6, 2026

Costa Rica Adds New Direct Flight From Nashville to Guanacaste

June 6, 2026

Flesh Eating Fly That Spread Through Costa Rica Has Reached Texas

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For decades, a small facility in Panama stood between the United States cattle industry and one of the most destructive parasites in the Western Hemisphere. That barrier has now...

Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

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Mariale Acosta was crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026 on Friday night at the Costa Rica Convention Center, completing a comeback that had made her one of the most...

Costa Rica Braces for a Wet Weekend as Forecasters Watch a Possible Tropical System

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Costa Rica is heading into a rainy, unstable weekend, with the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) warning Saturday that a low-pressure system sitting over Pacific waters near Central America could...

Mirra Andreeva Wins French Open Women’s Title for First Grand Slam Crown

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Mirra Andreeva’s rise from teenage contender to Grand Slam champion is complete. The 19-year-old won the French Open women’s title on Saturday, beating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2...

Costa Rica Adds New Direct Flight From Nashville to Guanacaste

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Guanacaste will get a new nonstop connection from the United States next year, with Southwest Airlines set to operate a weekly route between Nashville, Tennessee, and Liberia during the...

Panama Canal Water Project Faces Opposition March in Colón

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Campesino communities from the Río Indio basin will march through Colón this morning in their latest protest against a reservoir the Panama Canal Authority plans to build on the...

Costa Rica’s Playa Blanca Goes Public as Punta Leona Barrier Comes Down

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One of Costa Rica's prettiest and long-restricted beaches — Playa Blanca, near the Punta Leona resort in the central Pacific area of Garabito — is now open to the...

Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

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For children in Costa Rica’s most remote communities, the distance between home and school is not measured in minutes. It is measured in hours of walking along dirt paths,...

Costa Rica Raises Concern Over Russian Military Presence in Nicaragua

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Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar expressed concern Thursday over the “significant presence of Russian military personnel” in Nicaragua, during an interview in Paris about the priorities of his...

Costa Rica Crowns New Miss Universe Representative Tonight

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Tonight, under the lights of one of San José's premier venues, a new queen will be crowned to represent Costa Rica at the Miss Universe international competition later this...

6 Things to Know as the 2026 World Cup Kicks Off Without Costa Rica

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The biggest World Cup in history begins next Thursday, June 11, when Mexico hosts South Africa at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to open a 48-team, 104-match tournament spread...

Costa Rica to Hold Sixth National Ocean Cleanup This Saturday

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Costa Rica will hold its sixth National Ocean Cleanup this Saturday, June 6, bringing volunteers together at dozens of beaches, rivers and community sites across the country. The cleanup...

Costa Rica Under Green Alert as Heavy Rains Raise Flood and Landslide Risk

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Costa Rica has been placed under a nationwide green alert as authorities warn of heavier rains, saturated soils, and a growing risk of flooding and landslides across several regions. The...

Costa Rica’s Beach Access Fight Ends in Police Confrontation

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Garabito’s long-running fight with Punta Leona over public access to Playa Blanca turned into a physical confrontation Thursday, when municipal crews removed an access barrier at the resort entrance...

That Shell on a Costa Rica Beach Could Cost You Thousands

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It looks innocent enough. A beautiful spiral shell sitting on the sand, worn smooth by the waves, glinting in the afternoon light. The instinct to pick it up and...

Costa Rica Included in U.S. Forced Labor Tariff Proposal

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The Trump administration fired its latest trade salvo this week, announcing proposed tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies following a sweeping investigation into forced labor...

Costa Rica Investigates Alleged Prison Plot to Attack President Fernández

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Costa Rica's government said Tuesday it had received a report describing an alleged plan to attack President Laura Fernández, a plot that intelligence officials say was being coordinated from...

French Open 2026 Women’s Final Set: How to Watch in Costa Rica

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Roland Garros will crown a first-time Grand Slam women's singles champion this weekend after 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva and Polish qualifier Maja Chwalińska won Thursday's semifinals, capping one of the...

El Salvador for First-Time Surfers: A Guide to Surf City and the Wild East

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For decades, surfers chasing Central America's best waves flew straight past El Salvador on their way to Costa Rica. That's over. With year-round swells and long right-hand waves, El...

Costa Rica Expands Coral Gardening to Help Restore Pacific Reefs

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Costa Rica is expanding the use of coral gardening as part of a growing effort to restore damaged marine ecosystems along the country’s coast.The technique works like an underwater...

Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the southern zone of Costa Rica last night rattling communities in Puntarenas area but leaving no reported injuries or structural damage in its wake....

Costa Rica Targets Landowners Linked to Clandestine Drug Airstrips

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President Laura Fernández has put the owners of clandestine airstrips on notice. Following the second meeting of her newly formed Fuerza Élite security task force on Monday, the Costa...

Costa Rica Gets Nonstop Delta Flights From New York

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Delta Air Lines is bringing back nonstop service between New York City and Costa Rica's Guanacaste region, filing plans this week to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport...

Costa Rica Will Let Cubans Live and Work Legally

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Costa Rica has reactivated a special migration category that will allow thousands of Cuban migrants — along with nationals of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Colombia — to live and work...

Costa Rica Homelessness Has Grown Sharply Over the Past Decade

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An estimated 7,133 people were living in street conditions in Costa Rica in 2025, more than half of them in the capital, San José — a population that has...

Canada Becomes One of Costa Rica’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Markets

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The numbers tell a compelling story. In the first four months of 2026, Costa Rica welcomed 173,349 Canadian tourists arriving by air, a jump of 26.6% compared to the...

Sabalenka Stunned by Shnaider in French Open Quarterfinal Collapse

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Roland Garros served up another seismic shock on Wednesday as world No. 1 and top seed Aryna Sabalenka squandered a set and a double-break lead to fall to No....

Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Rare Predator Hunts and Pregnant Jaguars

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Sometimes I record something interesting and I think ‘I should share this with the good people who read the Tico Times,’ but whatever it is I want to share...

Costa Rica Grants US Extradition of ‘Macho Coca’ With Safeguards

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An appeals court in San José has ordered the deferred extradition to the United States of Gilbert Hernán Bell Fernández, the Costa Rican businessman known as “Macho Coca,” who...

Costa Rica Investigates Police Officers After Alleged Robbery in Santa Cruz

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Four Fuerza Pública officers were detained in Guanacaste as part of an investigation into an alleged illegal raid and robbery at a home in Santa Cruz, a case that...

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Costa Rica Names Its Best Coffees of 2026 at the Cup of Excellence

Tico Times - June 1, 2026

A Java-variety coffee grown in the Los Santos region claimed the top spot among washed coffees in Costa Rica's...

Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

Tico Times - June 4, 2026

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the southern zone of Costa Rica last night rattling communities in Puntarenas area but...

Warm Pacific Waters Raise Erosion and Flooding Concerns in Costa Rica

Tico Times - May 31, 2026

Oceanographers in Costa Rica are warning that unusually warm Pacific waters could add pressure to already fragile coastal areas,...

Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo Ends French Teen’s Roland Garros Run

Steven Hodel - May 31, 2026

Alejandro Tabilo gave Chile and Latin American tennis one of the stronger storylines of the French Open on Saturday,...

Hurricane Season Starts as Costa Rica Watches Both Coasts

Tico Times - June 2, 2026

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season began Monday, June 1, and while the forecast is calmer than in many recent...

Travel and Tourism

Costa Rica Adds New Direct Flight From Nashville to Guanacaste

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Guanacaste will get a new nonstop connection from the United States next year, with Southwest Airlines set to operate...

Costa Rica’s Playa Blanca Goes Public as Punta Leona Barrier Comes Down

Tico Times -

One of Costa Rica's prettiest and long-restricted beaches — Playa Blanca, near the Punta Leona resort in the central...

Costa Rica Under Green Alert as Heavy Rains Raise Flood and Landslide Risk

Tico Times -

Costa Rica has been placed under a nationwide green alert as authorities warn of heavier rains, saturated soils, and...

Costa Rica Gets Nonstop Delta Flights From New York

Tico Times -

Delta Air Lines is bringing back nonstop service between New York City and Costa Rica's Guanacaste region, filing plans...

Canada Becomes One of Costa Rica’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Markets

Tico Times -

The numbers tell a compelling story. In the first four months of 2026, Costa Rica welcomed 173,349 Canadian tourists...

Expat Living

Life in Costa Rica Shows Expats a Different Side of Politics

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I moved permanently to Costa Rica for many reasons, but the political situation in the United States was not...

Costa Rica Coffee Culture and the Surprising Numbers Behind It

Don Mateo -

I just read a statistic that I find difficult to believe. According to worldpopulationreview.com, Hong Kong consumed a heart-racing...

Costa Rica Named Latin America Leader for Immigrant Well-Being

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Costa Rica ranked 44th out of 82 countries in the 2026 Remitly Immigration Index, placing it in the middle...

Costa Rica Bus and Taxi Fares Rise After Fuel Price Spike

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Costa Rica approved higher bus and taxi fares this week after a rise in international fuel prices pushed up...

How Cell Phones Took Over Public Life in Costa Rica

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Is there any device that humans now use more frequently and publicly than the cell phone? Once merely a...

Latin America News

El Salvador for First-Time Surfers: A Guide to Surf City and the Wild East

For decades, surfers chasing Central America's best waves flew straight past El Salvador on their way to Costa Rica. That's over. With year-round swells...

Panama Prison Riot Leaves Two Dead as Over 80 Inmates Recaptured

A riot broke out at the La Joyita penitentiary in Pacora on the evening of June 1 when authorities attempted to transfer or redistribute...

Panama Joins 10 Worst Countries for Workers Rights in ITUC Report

The International Trade Union Confederation placed the three Latin American nations in that group in its Global Rights Index released Monday. The list also...

Nicaragua Indigenous Leader Brooklyn Rivera Dies in State Custody

Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera Bryan, one of the most recognized Miskito activists in the country and a former lawmaker, has died while in...

Nicaragua Confirms Brooklyn Rivera Critically Ill as U.S. Demands Release

The Nicaraguan government acknowledged Saturday that the health of jailed Indigenous opposition leader Brooklyn Rivera is in “critical condition.” Rivera, 73, was arrested by...

El Salvador Extends State of Exception for 51st Time

El Salvador's 51st extension of the state of exception took effect Sunday, May 31, and runs through June 29, keeping certain constitutional guarantees suspended...

El Salvador’s Surf Coast Is Making a Strong Case to Costa Rica Travelers

For many longtime Central America travelers, El Salvador once sat far down the list of places to visit for pleasure. In the early 1990s,...

Arts and Culture

Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

Mariale Acosta was crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026 on Friday night at the Costa Rica Convention Center, completing a comeback that had made...

Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

For children in Costa Rica’s most remote communities, the distance between home and school is not measured in minutes. It is measured in hours...

Costa Rica Crowns New Miss Universe Representative Tonight

Tonight, under the lights of one of San José's premier venues, a new queen will be crowned to represent Costa Rica at the Miss...

Facebook Still Leads in Costa Rica, but TikTok Is Growing Fastest

Facebook remains the most widely used social network in Costa Rica, with eight in 10 adults who own a cell phone using the platform...

Paul McCartney Turned a Rainy Costa Rica Day Off Into a New Song

Costa Rica's rain has been immortalized in one of Paul McCartney's newest songs. The legendary British musician revealed that "First Star of the Night,"...

Costa Rica Names Its Best Coffees of 2026 at the Cup of Excellence

A Java-variety coffee grown in the Los Santos region claimed the top spot among washed coffees in Costa Rica's Taza de la Excelencia (Cup...

Ed Sheeran Brings LOOP Tour to Costa Rica This Saturday

San José is gearing up for one of the biggest concert events the country has seen in years. On Saturday, May 30, 2026, British...

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