The situation awaiting Granada’s Mayor-elect Eulogio Mejía, who takes office next week, is dire, to say the least.
City workers, some of whom haven’t been...
President Daniel Ortega’s 11th-hour attempt to reform the 2008 budget by presidential decree is being likened to a “technical coup d’etat” against the Nicaraguan...
Costa Rica was rocked by an earthquake of 6.2 magnitude Thursday afternoon, destroying several homes reportedly near the epicenter.
At least one child was reportedly...
Costa Rica greets the New Year at a time when issues of global climate change, forest preservation, water conservation and sustainable management of the...
Another water conflict could be brewing behind plans to create two large reservoirs in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica’s driest region.
The projects,...
Volcanic activity last year increased over recent years, according to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), based at Universidad Nacional (UNA)...
Costa Rica’s nearly $300 million timber industry is growing and gets almost threequarters of its wood from forest plantations, said a report released by...
Rising crime and insecurity have weighed heavily on Ticos’ minds for years. Besides more robberies, drug trafficking and arrests, here’s a look at what...
The year before national elections is usually marked by political gridlock, as parties shun consensus while jockeying to distinguish themselves.
That won’t stop President Oscar...
