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Police Capture Another Fugitive From La Reforma

The seventh of eight convicts who escaped Oct. 9 from Costa Rica’s largest prison, La Reforma, was captured by police Saturday in Cartago, east...

Ministers Promote Country in Europe

The country’s Tourism and Foreign Trade ministers have packed their bags and headed to Europe, a region with budding trade and tourism opportunities for...

Country Falls Seven Spots In U.N. Development Index

Costa Rica has slipped seven spots during the past five years on the Human Development Index (HDI), a ranking that evaluates countries’ life expectancy,...

Children Massacre Family of Monkeys

Children in the northern Guanacaste beach town of Paraíso killed an entire family of monkeys with an air rifle, according to accounts from residents...

Irregularities Found after Fatal Gas Station Fire

A lack of oversight and some irregularities have surfaced following the explosive fire at a Shell gas station in Escazú, west of San José,...

Gov’t Annuls Controversial Health Ministry Decree

Weeks after a Public Health Ministry decree on sanitation permits caused controversy because of a clause on manufacturing weapons that are illegal here, the...

Labor Ministry Warns Sportsbook Must Pay Up

Nearly three months after the online gambling company BetonSports closed its doors in Costa Rica, most of its former employees have not received the...

Airports Gear Up for Season Despite Obstacles

Construction workers in the nation’s two biggest airports are rushing to put together long-awaited improvements in time for the one million tourists expected to...

Who’s in Charge Here? A Look at Legislative Assembly Leaders Turtle Conservation Claims Success

OSTIONAL, Santa Cruz – Gerardo Chaves, a biologist who dedicates his life to studying the endangered Pacific olive ridley sea turtle, loves to gulp...

Who’s in Charge Here? A Look at Legislative Assembly Leaders

Mayi Antillón, 46.National Liberation Party (PLN), 25 legislators. As head of the largest faction, Antillón has plenty of pressure on her to win approval for...

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