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.
PANAMA CITY -- Work on expanding the Panama Canal went ahead at a reduced pace Monday despite the builder's threat to shut down the project over huge cost overruns, officials said.
TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras' Congress has passed a law authorizing the air force to shoot down unidentified planes suspected of carrying drugs over the Central American country, legislators said.
About an hour had passed since I took the four-capsule microdose of dried iboga root, perhaps the most powerful visionary plant on Earth. Time seemed to have slowed down. I felt drunk, and my arms trailed beside me as I walked. Groovy.
