Prior to 1994, English was taught solely in secondary schools in Costa Rica. Two months after his inauguration, former President José María Figueres (1994–98)...
San José changes its clothes and moods every half-dozen blocks, but in the northeastern neighborhood of Barrio Escalante, past and present personalities are stitched...
WHILE surfers are appearing from the jungle and towns, divers have disappeared from the country’s Caribbean region, many migrating to the Pacific. The first...
RESEARCHERS at the University ofScranton, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania,have concluded that coffee is the numberone source of antioxidants compared tofruits, vegetables, red...
SOME 500 coffee executives areexpected to arrive in Costa Rica to attendthe 14th Annual International CoffeeWeek, to be held at the Hotel Herradura,northwest of...
Bernarda Vásquez no longer follows politics. After a year of highly publicized scandals in which photos of ex-Presidents in handcuffs provided persuasive evidence to...
NON-Spanish speakers living in Costa Rica can be overwhelmed by legal documents in Spanish, and often cherish the hope that their business transactions and...
