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Foreign Minister René Castro stayed in Europe 10 extra days after the completion of the International Court of Justice case between Costa Rica and...

Study shows only 39.5 percent of Sala IV rulings are enforced. Sala IV President says numbers don’t worry her.

Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan are touring Costa Rica this week to commemorate 75 years of friendly relations between the two nations. Their visit began at the National Museum and will end with a private trip to the Monteverde Cloud Forest and Pacific Marine Park. The couple also met with President Laura Chinchilla.

An exclusive interview with President Laura Chinchilla as she completes her first year leading Costa Rica.

Further marketing efforts are in place to entice more U.S. and Canadian tourists to come to Costa Rica in upcoming years.

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Even after a record year of tourists visited Costa Rica in 2010, the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) is amping up the promotion of the nation's flora and fauna in the U.S. and Canada. The ICT is using billboards, advertising spots and subway stations in the U.S. and Canada to keep their biggest market interested in Costa Rica.

Nicaraguan-raised Security Minister José María Tijerino is in a difficult spot as tensions remain high between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Fewer robberies, homicides and sexual assaults were reported in Costa Rica last year, according to statistics from the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ). The number...

Anglers have been enjoying good marlin action along the Pacific coast, while on the Caribbean side the tarpon are jumping and the calba (fat snook) are biting big in the backwaters of the Río San Juan.