Costa Rica is offering a wide range of free cultural activities this weekend giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy live music, movies, theater, traditional food and museum events without...
Costa Rica has opened international bidding for a $770 million expansion of the San José–San Ramón highway. The project includes additional lanes, new bridges, upgraded interchanges and proposed tolls, with construction expected to begin in 2027.
The Panama Canal handled a record volume of cargo, driven by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East, despite traffic restrictions caused by El Niño...
Costa Rica has named former captain Bryan Ruiz head coach of its men's national team, giving the permanent job to the man who led La Sele on an interim...
Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan faces a new challenge in her campaign to become the next United Nations secretary-general after a senior diplomat from the United Arab Emirates entered the...
Costa Rica uses pesticides on its farmland at a rate more than ten times the global average, according to a scientific study that raises new concerns about the potential...
Leave it to the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) political party to spoil the fiesta. Our sparkling new 34 million dollar megaprison was all ready to be opened. The transfer...
Costa Rican prosecutors are investigating the mayor of Santa Cruz, his son and seven others over suspected irregularities involving beachfront hotel construction permits and coastal land concessions in Guanacaste.
Fantasy, science fiction, and dystopian stories written by Costa Rican authors will take center stage at Comic Con Costa Rica 2026, bringing local literature to one of the most...
Two sloth conservation groups working in Costa Rica helped shape the bipartisan SLOTHS Act, which would ban most live sloth imports into the United States after dozens of animals died at a Florida attraction.
Thousands of students, university staff, union members and social activists marched through San José yesterday against cuts to public university funding. Late that night, the Legislative Assembly's budget committee...
The most expensive vacation rental on Airbnb in Costa Rica for Thanksgiving weekend costs more than 10.5 million colones, or about $23,300, for two nights, according to a September...
A US surveillance aircraft helped Costa Rican authorities track a speedboat carrying about 1.5 metric tons (roughly 3,300 pounds) of cocaine off the Osa Peninsula, according to the Ministry...
If you are a US citizen living near Arenal, you can renew your passport this Thursday without making the trip to San José. The US Embassy is holding a...
A wildlife survey in one of Costa Rica's busiest urban areas has added 60 new species records to a local inventory, showing that birds, bats, mammals and other animals...
If you get paid through SINPE Móvil for a business, a rental or freelance work in Costa Rica, you will soon have to tell the tax authority which phone...
The main suspect in the killing of American Marc Walter Fleming in Playas del Coco remains at large more than three weeks after his death, as new details emerge...
Costa Rica's public universities are moving ahead with a major demonstration in San José today after lawmakers approved a controversial reduction in university funding late last night. The decision...
Costa Rica's public healthcare system is evaluating medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy to treat diabetes and obesity. The CCSS has not announced when the drugs might become available or which patients would qualify.
Costa Rican authorities seized more than 40 metric tons of cocaine during the first eight months of 2026, a nearly 50% increase over the same period last year, as...
More than 6,000 Europeans paid about 200 million Swiss francs for teak trees on 60 Costa Rica plantations. The seller is bankrupt and Swiss prosecutors are investigating.
Costa Rica expects to collect about ₡400,000 million ($882 million) less than it budgeted for 2026, and the Finance Ministry is asking lawmakers to close the gap with a...
If you need to get across eastern San José or downtown tomorrow, plan around a national march against cuts to public university funding. Marchers start gathering in San Pedro...
Only about 13% of the lower Tárcoles River offers high-quality habitat for its crocodiles, according to a new study from the National University (UNA), which found that the best...
Heavy afternoon storms flooded streets across Heredia and western San José on Sunday, trapping people behind fast-rising water and forcing rescues in at least four places. If you live...
The series opens in November with Terry Eldridge, followed by John Taylor in December and Joanna Woskowicz in January
Starting in November, Atenas will have a monthly date with art....
The Panamanian company that holds the regional Toys "R" Us rights puts a Costa Rica store at about $300,000 and is weighing whether to franchise or run stores itself.
More than 6,000 Europeans paid about 200 million Swiss francs for teak trees on 60 Costa Rica plantations. The seller is bankrupt and Swiss prosecutors are investigating.
The Panamanian company that holds the regional Toys "R" Us rights puts a Costa Rica store at about $300,000 and is weighing whether to franchise or run stores itself.
Residents near the epicenter of a major earthquake in southern Panama began cleaning up on Saturday, traumatized by the previous day's heavy shaking that...
Costa Rica could experience more tremors in the coming days and weeks as Panama continues to record aftershocks from yesterday's powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake....
Honduras has approved stricter prison rules targeting suspected gang members and drug traffickers, adopting measures similar to those used in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown.
Costa Rica is offering a wide range of free cultural activities this weekend giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy live music, movies, theater, traditional...
Fantasy, science fiction, and dystopian stories written by Costa Rican authors will take center stage at Comic Con Costa Rica 2026, bringing local literature...
The series opens in November with Terry Eldridge, followed by John Taylor in December and Joanna Woskowicz in January
Starting in November, Atenas will have...
Costa Rica's National Theater is celebrating its 129th anniversary today, with free guided tours, live music and activities in downtown San José, giving everyone...
Two sloth conservation groups working in Costa Rica helped shape the bipartisan SLOTHS Act, which would ban most live sloth imports into the United States after dozens of animals died at a Florida attraction.
Only about 13% of the lower Tárcoles River offers high-quality habitat for its crocodiles, according to a new study from the National University (UNA),...
