The Tico Times

Currently 143 peace corps volunteers are active in Costa Rica, according to the U.S. Embassy in San José. During the last 50 years, more than 3,300 U.S. citizens have served in the Peace Corps here working in community economic development, youth development and teaching English as a second language.

Costa Rica's Solís: "The council’s focus on conflict prevention is inadequate, and, when it does take action, it often comes too late.”

The most violent city in the study was Fortaleza, capital of Ceara state in the impoverished northeast, where there were 1,989 killings and a rate of 77 murders for every 100,000 people.

Two of the victims were reportedly working on the fuselage of an airplane when lightning struck nearby and sent the two flying several meters.

Esteban Ramírez has been named winner of our August Sloth Kong Airport Photo Contest.

Costa Rican surfer Noe Mar McGonagle impressed judges Wednesday with a pair of stellar rides, including a near-perfect backhand run at the Allianz Billabong Pro...

Robert Isenberg offers the reader a kaleidoscopic view of Costa Rica. He takes them on unusual museum visits, participates in drunken carnivals, tears down the dusty veneers of once-proud cities like Puerto Limón, speaks to young women who have been physically abused and, like most U.S. youths who visit Costa Rica, takes the required surfing lessons.

SAN ANDRÉS, Colombia — A V-hull boat cuts through the open Caribbean Sea at a pace interrupted by uneven waters. From the tiny Colombian island of...

Lawmaker Franklin Corella says he wants to "modernize" Costa Rica’s transportation law.

Little by little, Costa Rican football is getting its groove back. First it was the needed win over Uruguay earlier this month at home. And now its the arrival of new blue uniforms that the men's national team will wear on Oct. 8 against South Africa.