Costa Rica's Health Ministry and Casa Presidencial issued a joint press release Tuesday aimed at clarifying the therapeutic abortion guidelines that will clarify when the procedure can…
December in Costa Rica marks the beginning of the dry season and many clear-sky sunsets like this one. Guanacaste also contains some of the driest areas of…
Nature can contribute 30% of the solutions in the fight against global warming, says the Minister of Environment of Costa Rica, the architect of a new coalition…
Hoppy Wednesday, everyone! The red-eyed tree frog has become a Costa Rican icon as a result of its ubiquity and beauty. They are nocturnal, so your best…
Nicaraguan opponents jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega suffer torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their jailers, revealed an NGO report released Tuesday in…
The United States Embassy in San José, Costa Rica, has issued the following alert regarding suspected instances of phone fraud: American Citizen Services has received reports from…
Seventeen people, most of them teenage boys, have been arrested in Spain for sharing images of "extremely violent" child pornography on WhatsApp, police said Tuesday following a…
Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and can grow as broad as a human fist. In…
Costa Rican authorities confiscated large shipments of cyanide and mercury, two highly toxic chemicals, in a series of operations against illegal mining in the north of the…
Thanks for watching The Tico Times Weekly Digest, where we catch up on the latest news in Costa Rica. This video was filmed and produced by Nate…