Costa Rica’s new strategy against money laundering and terrorism financing aims to tighten controls on remittances and the use and transportation of cash.
Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who has died aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago."
Costa Rica’s Supreme Court ordered prison officials to come up with a plan to relieve overcrowding in the San Sebastián prison within one month. The court said prisoners "are sleeping on pieces of mattresses or on the ground, putting up with the cold” and rats climbing out of the drains at night.
While former Costa Rican soccer federation president Eduardo Li remains locked up in a Swiss prison, his lawyer says he's optimistic Li will not be extradited to the United States for trial.
Amid a flurry of protests from local community members, the Costa Rican government began roadwork Wednesday on Route 160, which connects Paquera to Playa Naranjo in the Nicoya Peninsula.
Neo Fauna in Jacó gives visitors a peek into what it's like to house and care for wounded or misplaced animals, before they're (hopefully) returned to the wild.
Two weeks before the scheduled start date of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt’s retrial for genocide and crimes against humanity, forensic experts have asserted that he is mentally unfit to stand trial, legally allowing his attorneys to request the case closed.
A new law bans circuses in Mexico from featuring animals in shows and only allows circuses to keep animals if they have the proper permits and keep the animals in good living conditions.
