LA CARPIO, Costa Rica – The color of royaltycontrasts against the dust-brown and rusted squalor ofthis heavily Nicaraguan-populated shantytown on theoutskirts of Costa Rica’s...
GRANADA – Former MayorEugenio Hernández, of the LiberalConstitutional Party, was sentenced lastFriday to 25 years in prison for the murderof 26-year-old Nicaraguan journalistMaría José...
GRANADA – The first season ofNicaragua’s new Professional BaseballLeague ended in scandal last week asreports surfaced that the championshipteam from León bought its way...
A 55-year-old tourist from Holland,identified as Hank Sloot Beeks, diedSunday during a rafting trip on theSarapiquí River in north-central CostaRica.The cause of death has...
PUERTO VIEJO, Limón – Banco deCosta Rica inaugurated its newest branchlast weekend on the southern Caribbeancommunity of Puerto Viejo, ending thelongtime need for residents...
COSTA Rica’s Second Vice-President,Luis Fishman, presented his resignationto the Legislative Assembly yesterday,saying that the country is “going bad.”Fishman’s resignation comes afterthree years of having...
LAST year, more Ticos divorced eachother than married, and there were moredivorces than ever, following a trend of atleast the last four years.The Civil...
ESTIMATED damage costs for thewidespread Caribbean-slope floods earlierthis month exceed ¢34 billion ($94.4million) and are mounting rapidly,according to Luis Diego Morales, presidentof the National...
BRITISH citizen John Shimell wasfound guilty last week of fraud, but hoursafter a Costa Rican court announced thedecision, he was released from prison.The court...
