Former Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz will take temporary charge of the national team after the Costa Rican Football Federation fired Argentine coach Fernando Batista following a disastrous start...
Costa Rica is known around the world for monkeys, sloths, toucans, sea turtles and an enormous variety of plants, but one of the richest forms of biodiversity we have...
To car or not to car, that is the question. Can you live happily in Costa Rica without the convenience of an automobile? The answer all depends on your...
Costa Rica is preparing for possible water shortages affecting hundreds of thousands of people as the strong El Niño weather pattern continues to reduce rainfall across much of our...
More than 400 homes were flooded across Costa Rica over the weekend as Tropical Wave 47 brought heavy rain to several parts of the country, forcing some residents into...
Costa Rica's national soccer team went to Jamaica last night needing a win, yet it came away with another loss. Haiti beat La Sele 2-0 in the Concacaf Nations...
Anyone thinking about buying an electric vehicle in Costa Rica could eventually face a much higher tax bill under a new government proposal that would end several of the...
A newly formed private technology industry group has unveiled a sweeping legislative proposal that would set rules for artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital assets and how Costa Ricans control their...
Costa Ricans and legal residents planning trips to several parts of South America and the Caribbean need to check their vaccination records before heading to the airport, as Costa...
For nearly two decades, Nicholas Cena has called Pavones, Costa Rica, home. What began as a visit to see his sister eventually became a life, a family, a restaurant,...
Laguna Río Cuarto will remain accessible, but the community organization managing the Costa Rica attraction will stop providing visitor services beginning September 28.
Two young men died at Playa Cabuyal in Guanacaste and rescuers are searching for an 18-year-old swept away at a waterfall in Tarrazú after Saturday's storms.
Costa Rica has quietly become an important destination in a growing U.S. deportation program that sends migrants to countries they are not from, leaving hundreds of people to decide...
Every week someone asks us the same question. Should we be looking at Montezuma or Santa Teresa? It sounds like a choice between two flavors of the same thing....
Juan Santamaría International Airport is moving ahead with a major expansion of its parking facilities, including a new eight-level structure that will add 600 vehicle spaces as Costa Rica’s...
President Laura Fernández has delivered her strongest defense yet of the sudden firing of Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar, warning her entire Cabinet that major decisions go through her and...
Drivers using Route 1 between the Central Valley and Puntarenas is facing a new traffic pattern today as construction continues around San Ramón. The biggest change effects motorists going...
Costa Rica recorded 83 human trafficking victims in 2025, the highest number reported in any single year since at least 2010, according to figures released by the country’s National...
Costa Rica is days from its UN General Assembly address with no confirmed speaker, as a timeline of the Trump meeting dispute and warnings from former diplomats raise new questions.
Costa Rica led Curaçao 3-0 at halftime in its Nations League opener, then conceded four second-half goals as home fans turned on coach Fernando Batista.
Rincón de la Vieja volcano continued producing small eruptions and releases of gas today, a day after a moderate eruption sent a plume as high as 2,000 meters, or...
President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar today after saying he failed to tell her about a high-level security meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, leaving the Costa...
More than 25,000 people have been deported by the United States to countries with which they have no ties under agreements involving 35 nations and hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an investigation by Forbidden Stories.
Laguna Río Cuarto will remain accessible, but the community organization managing the Costa Rica attraction will stop providing visitor services beginning September 28.
Laguna Río Cuarto will remain accessible, but the community organization managing the Costa Rica attraction will stop providing visitor services beginning September 28.
Two young men died at Playa Cabuyal in Guanacaste and rescuers are searching for an 18-year-old swept away at a waterfall in Tarrazú after Saturday's storms.
Trump backs a ban on US diesel exports as Costa Rica, which buys much of its diesel from the United States, faces a proposed increase of up to 100 colones per liter in October.
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.
Panama’s government again asked the People’s Republic of China to accede to the protocol of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of...
U.S. immigration authorities arrested a Nicaraguan journalist on Monday who is critical of the government of Daniel Ortega and has been living in exile...
Panama Canal administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta says further cuts to daily ship transits remain possible as El Niño worsens drought and strains water supplies.
Costa Rica's National Museum sent an archaeologist to a rural high school in Pérez Zeledón yesterday after construction crews rebuilding the campus turned up...
Costa Rican content creator Julián Valverde was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Florida on Sunday, Sept. 20, after five days...
A Peace Festival de Arte will stretch out over five months with activities for everyone, starting with an inauguration on Wednesday, September 23 and...
Across Costa Rica tonight, children will step into the streets carrying glowing handmade lanterns, continuing one of the country’s most recognizable Independence Day traditions....
Five more people have been detained during sea turtle protection operations at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge in Guanacaste, bringing the number of people arrested...
More than 50 small earthquakes struck the area around Irazú Volcano this morning, but seismologists say the activity points to movement along a shallow...
