WHILE reading the lesson inour tiny church last Sunday, Ichanced to look up for a momenttowards the west window, whichunfortunately hasn’t yet been fittedwith...
SOME music aficionados may not findCosta Rica to be the most ideal place for aninternational music festival.While nearly half the venues are burdenedwith the...
KABEGWA, an indigenous tribe association,is looking for a few good volunteersto help protect the iguana populationswhere the Maleku and Cabécare indigenoustribes live, since increasing...
SPORTFISHINGboats on thenorthern Pacificcoast are enjoying asteady bite in front ofTamarindo, in thenorthwestern provinceof Guanacaste,in 150 feet of water,scarcely 20 minutesrunning time fromthe beach.Capullo...
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...
