The seemingly eternal shark-fishing debate in Costa Rica, which recently earned President Abel Pacheco the dubious distinction of “Shark Enemy of the Year,” continues...
A zoo employee hospitalized for more than a month with leptospirosis has sparked increased scrutiny of the conditions at Simón Bolívar National Zoo in...
Costa Rica has serious problems of child prostitution, child labor and domestic violence against women and children, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2005...
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) ordered railroad authorities to make sure babies can sleep peacefully – that is, to regulate...
The number of endangered leatherback turtles that crawled ashore to nest doubled during the 2005-06 nesting season in Playa Grande, on the Pacific northwestern...
Five Pacific beaches that lost the Blue Flag Award in 2004 recently regained the environmental distinction: the Pacific port city of Puntarenas, El Roble...
