A presidential decree intended to regulate thecutting of Costa Rica’s coastal forests mayinstead be hacking away at the country’s longstandingmarriage between ecotourism andenvironmental protection.At...
THE Dominican Republic became the seventhcountry of the U.S.-Central American Free-TradeAgreement (CAFTA) this week, and Costa RicanPresident Abel Pacheco confirmed he is conditioningthe trade...
MORE than seven years and hundreds of buildingsafter it was originally proposed, municipal officialssay the Escazú Regulatory Plan is weeks awayfrom final completion.Aiming to...
PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Osa Peninsula – Tired ofwaiting for payments they say are nearly 20 years overdue,hundreds of former gold miners from this SouthernZone town...
MONDO Gelato, a small ice creamstore tucked away in a nondescript shoppingmall in Escazú, satisfies the cravingsof both the casual ice cream sampler andthe...
THE new Contemporary PhotographyMuseum of Costa Rica is showing adiverse series of photographs by museumfounder Faustino Desinach.The 380 photographs, on displaythrough July 31, encompass...
INDEPENDENCE Day celebrationsmay have been a day early, but U.S. citizensand their families celebrated with gusto allthe same, the American spirit heightened bythe presence...
THE Magic Flute, the opera, will be performed by Opera Novaat Teatro Mozart Saturday, Sunday and Monday evening.The masterpiece opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...
