I arrived nearly two hours early to the small campus of Veritas University to meet Luis Chaves. Although I didn't want to rush him, I decided to text him. Take your time, but I’m available when you’re ready. Chaves replied back almost immediately. He was on his way.
Amanda García Soto, a toddler from Heredia, had a strong reaction to news about last Sunday's presidential elections. Not because she cared about who won the race. But because her parents informed her that Laura Chinchilla's term was coming to a close.
In the lead up to national elections here and following news that the United States Federal Reserve would raise pull back economic stimulus, the U.S. dollar reached its highest point against the Costa Rican colón, the national currency, since November 2010.
In the central Pacific town of Parrita, locals look forward to the festival all year long. In a canton filled with ranches and palm oil plantations, the festival celebrates all things agriculture, which is the region’s primary industry. This year's festivities began Thursday and continue through Feb. 16.
I first met Colin “ProbCause” Grimm six years ago when he was working as a delivery driver at the Morseland, a now-defunct North Side Chicago club. I don’t think he was even legally old enough to drink.
PANAMA CITY – An international consortium at loggerheads with Panama over work to expand the Panama Canal has presented a proposal to end a dispute over a $1.6 billion cost overrun, the group said late Thursday.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Complaints about hotels and venues at the Winter Olympics in Russia are proliferating to the point where a Twitter account hosting them now has more followers than the official games feed.
After a disappointing finish in the first round of the Costa Rican national elections by the National Liberation Party, and the surprise victory of Luis Guillermo Solís, there is much to keep PLN presidential candidate Johnny Araya tossing and turning in his bed.
Less than a week after his presidential campaign concluded, José María Villalta gave a wide-ranging postmortem interview with La Nación on the election, the upcoming runoff and his future.
If you’ve never heard of “the world’s largest paint party,” imagine a regular old gigantic concert that also involves blasting colored paint out of a hose.
