Today in Costa Rica Costa Rica Road Death Rate Up to Five Times Higher Than Europe Costa Rica Blocks Tárcoles Crocodile Deck Permits as Officials Push Back Costa Rica to Accept 25 Deportees From the US Each Week Costa Rica Puma Makes Miraculous Recovery Yard House Opens First International Restaurant in Costa Rica HomeCaribbeanHaitiAn electrifying storm over Haiti's capital An electrifying storm over Haiti’s capital By The Tico Times September 26, 2014 Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Héctor Retamal/AFP Lightning strikes over the sea along the coast of the Haitian capital, Port au Prince, during an evening thunderstorm on September 24, 2014. Trending Now Panama to Begin Resettlements for Indio River Reservoir Next Year The public agency that operates the waterway plans to build a 4,600-hectare reservoir on the Indio River, west of the existing route, to store... Read more Costa Rica Puma Makes Miraculous Recovery A puma survived a vehicle collision in La Fortuna de San Carlos and returned to the wild after officials provided veterinary care. The incident... Read more Yard House Opens First International Restaurant in Costa Rica Yard House opened its first restaurant outside the United States in Costa Rica. The U.S. chain selected the country for its international expansion and... Read more Costa Rica Becomes a Migration Hub for U.S. Deportations Again Costa Rica has signed a new agreement with the United States that could make the Central American nation a regular stopover for migrants being... Read more Maduro Son Calls Charges Unlikely to Be Dropped in U.S. Drug Case Nicolás Maduro’s son said that he trusts the U.S. legal system even as he called the case against his father tainted by what he... Read more Costa Rica Road Death Rate Up to Five Times Higher Than Europe Costa Rica’s road death rate is running up to five times higher than that of some Western European countries, a gap that road safety... Read more The Tico Times Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Latest News from Costa Rica Costa Rica Pavones Dock Plan Faces Backlash Over Wave and Environmental Risks March 31, 2026 Costa Rica Opens All National Parks for Semana Santa March 30, 2026 Nicaragua Celebrates Semana Santa with Unique Religious Traditions March 30, 2026 Costa Rica Road Death Rate Up to Five Times Higher Than Europe March 30, 2026 U.S. Monitors Surge in Detentions of Panama-Flagged Ships in Chinese Ports March 30, 2026 Human Rights Watch Urges El Salvador to End Bukele’s State of Emergency March 30, 2026 Costa Rica Sportfishing Efforts Grow in Barra del Colorado March 30, 2026