Authorities selected the remote Isla del Coco National Park for the $2 million radar facility because it was the "most affected by illegal fishing and the paths of drug boats."
This Central American country of 14 million doesn’t make the list of the world’s top carbon emitters. But it is one of the countries that will suffer most from climate change.
The findings of high levels of sulfur, chlorine and manganese, among other pollutants, motivate changes in public transportation policy in the capital.
The real estate company hopes to increase Costa Rica’s attractiveness to international corporations with buildings that include shopping and offices under one roof.
Thousands of Evangelical Christians, Catholics and social conservatives in Costa Rica mobilized against perceived threats to the "traditional" family and pushed a constitutional amendment to define marriage between a man and woman.
