Puerto Jiménez reminds me a lot of where I grew up: not very crowded, and estuaries always to be found. Today, I stumbled upon two young boys who were busy trying to catch fiddler grabs for snapper bait. Tons of memories came racing back, and the tears finally flowed.
Twenty-year Costa Rica resident John Koger, the owner of bus-ticketing and travel service A Safe Passage, died of a heart attack on Nov. 9, 2015, at the age of 61.
Gerardo Cruz, the young Costa Rican man who became a national hero for boldly calling out street harassment of women, died at Calderón Guardia hospital Thursday.
Having spent years in El Salvador for the human rights group Americas Watch, Rone became known for her intrepid and meticulous work as she visited remote sites across the war zone, gathering evidence of abuses by death squads and trying to dispel false reports intended to bolster U.S. financing for right-wing, anti-Sandinista forces in nearby Nicaragua.
Three Limón fishermen missing since Sept. 21 were found alive off Panama's Caribbean coast after their boat's engine failed and a cellphone call to 911 led rescuers to them.
Costa Rica increased international tourism advertising spending by 223% between 2022 and 2025, but government auditors found insufficient evidence that the additional spending significantly increased visitor arrivals.
Costa Rica's tourism board says its rivals are Thailand, Indonesia and New Zealand, not its neighbors. Business chambers see a wider field and warn the country is getting too expensive.
