The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) alerted its customers this week about fraudulent text messages sent to Kolbi cellphones that automatically added charges to the accounts of…
Work on expanding the Panama Canal will continue through at least next week after the construction consortium officially extended the deadline until Feb. 1 to resolve a dispute over…
I say this with absolute certainty: This electoral campaign is the most lacking of substance of any I can recall. Just a few days before we decide…
At the beginning of 2012, Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly reformed a “dry law” that prevented liquor sales during Easter Holy Week and elections. The move allowed individual…
Little Devils’ games When the Spanish invaded Costa Rica, the Boruca people tried to scare them off with devil masks – and the tactic actually worked. See these…
As Costa Rica’s election season enters its final stretch, candidates have greeted the slew of recent polls with disbelief or encouragement, often based on their own standings.…
Six-month preventive detention sentences for seven suspects charged in the killing last May of sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora will expire in February, Costa Rica’s Prosecutor’s Office told…
http://youtu.be/M1l0FmHVvzw This video should make you feel wistful for yellowed, crinkly old newspapers. There's something distinguished about seeing big, important stories laid out on newsprint. Over the…
Over the past few years the sloth has turned into the celebrity of the animal kingdom. But while the animal may look adorable on your computer screen,…
While Costa Rica remains Central America’s top tourist destination, the region’s six other countries are vying to lure tourists and increase revenues by aggressively investing in airports,…
