Tico Times

“You arrest one dealer, you uncover three more,” Merced police chief says

As Liberal candidacy sputters, opposition groups flock to radio personality Fabio Gadea

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Government critics are raising new concerns about Sandinista intolerance and Nicaragua’s increasing international isolation following the administration’s recent decision to throw...

INSURANCE IN COSTA RICA: In walked Mapfre

The Sept. 1 opening of the “Zentica” art exhibit in San José’s La Aduana arts and technology center was one of the liveliest, most...

THE BIG BLUE: The soil of the future is in the ocean

SPECIAL EDITION Drugs and Society. The U.S. has listed Costa Rica among top drug transit nations. The armyless nation seeks help to stem drug trafficking

Bizarre and frightening scenes flash in shades of industrial gray. Factories discharge smoky filth. Bleached human bones spread across a broken sidewalk. This is...

Perspective by Dr. Carol Marujo, a U.S. citizen who has lived in Costa Rica for seven years on her small farm in Puriscal. She is retired from a career in psychology and is a freelance writer.

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: This year alone, Nicaragua’s armed forces have confiscated 24 vehicles, 7 airplanes, 34 boats, 96 weapons and nearly $5 million in cash. The police, meanwhile, have captured 175 vehicles, 113 weapons, 14 boats, 2 planes, 1 helicopter and nearly $2 million in cash – all just in the first 10 months of 2010.