The Tico Times

Six days into the raucous Palmares civic festival, in the northwestern Central Valley, police already have arrested 198 people.

January marks the beginning of whale shark season on Costa Rica’s stunning Osa Peninsula, a unique and thrilling time for marine enthusiasts and travelers...

Nicaraguan Central Bank President Alberto Guevara was fired Monday for reasons that haven't yet been made public, an official source said.

Even before celebrating fans honked their car horns late into the night on downtown streets here, Seattle Seahawks' players and coaches began to turn their thoughts to the highly intriguing Super Bowl matchup that's now at hand.

With last year behind us, it's time to look forward to some of our picks for the top stories to watch out for in Costa Rica this year. We're pretty sure it's going to be an exciting year.

In February, endangered leatherback sea turtles will begin nesting on Moín Beach, where conservationist Jairo Mora was killed by poachers last May. Police and government officials have no plans to protect the turtles, and environmentalists are now pushing to designate the area as a national park. But even that would be too late for this year's baby turtles.

Musicians, television personalities, and public intellectuals voiced their backing for progressive candidate José María Villalta as Costa Rica’s next president.

A consortium working on expanding the Panama Canal proposed Monday that local authorities co-finance a huge budget gap that sparked a bitter dispute threatening the project.

Stop and look up. One of the best ceilings to admire in the world is in Costa Rica, according to an article in USA Today. The newspaper spoke with Jennifer Tombaugh of international tour company Tauck about the 10 best ceilings in the world. She included in her list the intricate decorations found inside San José's National Theater.

Long celebrated as Latin America’s leader in freedom of expression, Costa Rica found itself mired in a wiretapping scandal Monday that shocked the small country. The newspaper Diario Extra accused the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) and the Prosecutor’s Office of tapping the telephones of its reporters, telephone operator and Iary Gómez, general director of the media company, in an alleged attempt to discover the names of confidential sources inside the judicial branch.