Liberia Assistant Prosecutor Liliana Zamora confirmed to The Tico Times that Rancho Horizonte, where cops seized 400 kilos of cocaine and more than $1.8 million in cash on Sunday, is owned by several U.S. shareholders. Although the name "Hilton" appears in the company's title, Zamora could not immediately confirm that diva Paris Hilton had any connection to the property.
Search-and-rescue teams wrapped up a final operation on Monday to find U.S. hiker Cody Dial, who disappeared in Costa Rica in early July. Search teams focused their efforts on the rugged Corcovado National Park, where Dial was believed to be hiking, but failed to find any clues as to what happened to the 27-year-old Alaska-native.
Renowned Nicaraguan novelist and poet Gioconda Belli sat down with The Tico Times to discuss her latest novel, politics, and what it's like to go home.
In the wake of their action-packed performance at the International Blues Festival in San José, four musicians headed to Jacó for a concert that raised money for wheelchairs for local children.
Joel Campbell joined in on the viral phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge, a fundraiser for ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Some 1.7 million donors have combined to raise almost $80 million to fight the neuromuscular disease.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal court to stop the Obama administration from expediting the deportations of Central American immigrant families being held in a New Mexico detention center.
