Laura Chinchilla toured prominent universities in the United States, met with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and promoted foreign investment in Costa Rica.
Citing a study done by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, sportfishermen in Costa Rica say mercury levels in sailfish have reached harmful levels.
Vespa, Harley-Davidson, BMW, Royal Enfield and other motorcycle models dating from 1900 to 1975 are on display through June 4 at the Contemporary Art and Design Museum in San José.
Protests by neighbors in a residential neighborhood where two suspected drug traffickers were to be placed under house arrest forced police to bring the suspects back to prison.
