Costa Rica's Ombudsman's Office issued a statement Tuesday urging the government to prioritize marine resource management. According to research by the agency – which is responsible for petitioning the state on behalf of Costa Rican citizens – climate change, poor technology, inadequate marine management and a lack of political will have depleted the country's marine resources.
The U.S. Coast Guard captured a Costa Rican fishing vessel and arrested three Costa Ricans and one Nicaraguan suspect off the coast of the remote Cocos Island in the Pacific. The boat had 2.3 tons of cocaine on board. The bust went down on Monday with the assistance of local Drug Control Police.
See a video of La Sele fans in the Plaza de la Democracia in San José in the seconds before and the seconds after Bryan Ruiz's goal against Greece on Sunday.
U.S. real estate developer Patrick Hundley, 46, is speaking out from his jail cell in Pérez Zeledón, where he has been incarcerated for over four months since his arrest in February for allegedly defrauding Michigan investors of $7 million dollars.
United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says his team's attack will be the best form of defense when his underdogs tackle Belgium on Tuesday for a place in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Costa Rica awoke in a euphoric daze Monday after its beloved national men's football team, known as "La Sele," became one of the eight best squads in the world after defeating Greece in a World Cup penalty shootout on Sunday afternoon.
It wasn't all good clean fun at the Fuente de la Hispanidad on San José's east side, where thousands of Costa Ricans gathered Sunday night to celebrate their national team's victory over Greece.
