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Costa Rica’s top 10 goals of all time

Counting down the top 10 goals in Costa Rica football history. Included on the list are Tico legends, like Rolando Fonseca and Paulo Wanchope, as well as some modern mainstays like Bryan Ruíz and Joel Campbell.

Biggest submarine drug bust ever yields $181 million in cocaine off Pacific coast of Central America

A U.S. plane first spotted the smuggling vessel 200 miles south of Mexico off the coast of Central America. It was carrying a total of 16,000 pounds of narcotics.

And the Sloth Kong Airport Photo Contest winner for July is…

Congratulations to Karin Cook Hass for winning our July photo contest. On behalf of Karin and her travel partners, we’ll donate $100 to Hogar Sol for needy children in Costa Rica.

Tortuguero, Costa Rica: Monkeys, Toucans and Caimans

Acrobatic monkeys, toothy caimans, poisonous frogs, resplendent toucans: It's all in a day's tour of the canals of Tortuguero.

#Jailbnb offers stay in Costa Rican prison to deter child sex tourism

"If you are thinking about visiting Costa Rica with the purpose of paying for sex with underage people you could stay in this place for years or forever since this is a felony under Costa Rica’s law,” warns a fake listing on Airbnb, posted by an anti-trafficking group.

Costa Rican capital stars in composer’s musical odyssey

We spoke with trumpet player and composer Etienne Charles outside the upper Manhattan club Smoke a few weeks ago, where he told us about his latest project, an unusual suite involving San José, Costa Rica; San Jose, California; and St. Joseph in Trinidad.

Argentina ex-leader on trial for obstructing bombing probe

Argentina's former president Carlos Menem went on trial Thursday with 12 co-accused for allegedly obstructing the investigation into the 1994 suicide bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center that killed 85 people.

Ohio man convicted in Costa Rica telemarketing scam

Paul Ronald Toth Jr., 40, of Wintersville, Ohio, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and six counts of international money-laundering concealment as part of a sweepstakes scam that targeted elderly U.S. residents from Costa Rican call centers.

Costa Rican police arrest 3 for harpooning sea turtles 

The alleged poachers were seen throwing sea turtles overboard as authorities closed in on their two boats south of Tortuguero National Park.

Duh: DEA finally admits marijuana is safer than heroin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's official: the U.S. government's top drug cop has acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than heroin.

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