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More than 200 celebrities, artists, poets and academics announce support for Villalta’s presidential bid

Musicians, television personalities, and public intellectuals voiced their backing for progressive candidate José María Villalta as Costa Rica’s next president.

Proposal offered as Panama Canal dispute simmers on

A consortium working on expanding the Panama Canal proposed Monday that local authorities co-finance a huge budget gap that sparked a bitter dispute threatening the project.

Costa Rica’s National Theater mural named one of ’10 great ceilings around the world’

Stop and look up. One of the best ceilings to admire in the world is in Costa Rica, according to an article in USA Today. The newspaper spoke with Jennifer Tombaugh of international tour company Tauck about the 10 best ceilings in the world. She included in her list the intricate decorations found inside San José's National Theater.

Costa Rican newspaper accuses government of ‘unprecedented’ spying on its reporters

Long celebrated as Latin America’s leader in freedom of expression, Costa Rica found itself mired in a wiretapping scandal Monday that shocked the small country. The newspaper Diario Extra accused the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) and the Prosecutor’s Office of tapping the telephones of its reporters, telephone operator and Iary Gómez, general director of the media company, in an alleged attempt to discover the names of confidential sources inside the judicial branch.

G. Love performs at Jungle Jam Saturday in Costa Rica

Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love, works the crowd on Saturday night at Jungle Jam. The festival has taken place in Jacó for...

Panama Canal expansion slowed by $1.6 billion financial dispute

PANAMA CITY -- Work on expanding the Panama Canal went ahead at a reduced pace Monday despite the builder's threat to shut down the project over huge cost overruns, officials said.

Honduras approves law that allows for the shooting down of suspected drug planes

TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras' Congress has passed a law authorizing the air force to shoot down unidentified planes suspected of carrying drugs over the Central American country, legislators said.

An appointment with Dr. Iboga

About an hour had passed since I took the four-capsule microdose of dried iboga root, perhaps the most powerful visionary plant on Earth. Time seemed to have slowed down. I felt drunk, and my arms trailed beside me as I walked. Groovy.

If you’re still undecided, Sunday’s presidential debate probably didn’t help

With several presidential debates already behind us and one more to go before Feb. 2 elections, voters might be getting a little winded with the same five candidates reiterating their positions on various issues and displaying general contempt for each other.

Tom Brady, possibly distracted by his supermodel wife’s ATV controversy in Costa Rica, fails to lead Patriots to Super Bowl

The Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots, 26-16, Sunday afternoon and will play the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2.

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