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VIDEO: Costa Rica’s first slum tour offers visitors a different perspective on paradise

Between beaches and rainforests, visitors to Costa Rica can now tour one of San José's most well-known slums. Organizers hope the tours will offer perspective on the country’s persistent 20 percent poverty rate.

USA crushes Japan 5-2 to win third World Cup title

Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a hat trick in a World Cup final as she inspired the United States to a 5-2 demolition of defending champions Japan on Sunday.

After Greece’s apparent ‘No’ to bailout terms, Germany and France call for a eurozone summit on Greece

There are no explicit provisions in EU rules for summits of eurozone leaders, but they can be held in exceptional circumstances.

NASA’s Dawn mission inspires Costa Rican students

To cap off their project, the students contacted the Dawn team directly to ask them a few questions about scientific aspects of the project and seek some career guidance. What better way to learn about a project than from the people working on it?

Chile staves off Argentina for first Copa América win

Chile defeated Argentina on penalties to end its 99-year wait for a Copa América crown and condemn Lionel Messi to a second straight heartbreak in a major international final.

On Barva Volcano, a day hike without the crowds

Barva Volcano doesn't get a lot of visitors, and that's one of the best reasons to go.

Man throws religious icons into Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano

Most people visit Costa Rica's volcanoes to admire their beauty, but one man apparently had a different idea.

A milestone for the environment in the Deepwater Horizon disaster

The amount of BP money that will flow into Gulf Coast restoration over the next two decades is prodigious. Both BP and the government deserve credit for heading off a nasty and prolonged legal battle. What we still don't know — and may not know for a very long time — is the extent of the damage the spill caused.

Costa Ricans soon won’t need visas to travel to Peru

But that doesn’t mean travelers can hop on the next plane to Lima.

Costa Rica’s Monteverde Orchid Garden: Big display of tiny flowers

SANTA ELENA, Puntarenas — You’ve hiked to the continental divide in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, screamed your lungs out ziplining through the cloud...

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