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Dutch couple, laborer found dead at Costa Rica farm

A Dutch couple and one of their employees were found dead Monday on a hardwood plantation in Puntarenas near Costa Rica's central Pacific coast.

Tamarindo hotel owner assaulted again, months after break-in left husband dead

Suzye Lawson, who owns the Villa Alegre bed and breakfast in Playa Langosta near Tamarindo, says she was assaulted again by intruders on Saturday, just eight months after three men broke into the hotel, beat her husband -- who later died -- and stole tens of thousands of dollars.

U.S. man accused of soliciting a minor for sex in Costa Rica says he is being extorted

Reza Ray Ehsan, a 57-year-old family physician from Los Angeles, California, is being charged in Costa Rica for soliciting sex from a girl under 18 years of age.

US man accused of sexually assaulting a minor in Escazú

Agents from the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) arrested the suspect Saturday afternoon at Juan Santamaría International Airport, outside San José, as he attempted to depart Costa Rica on a flight to the U.S.

Costa Rica police analyze burned bones found on property of missing U.S. citizen

Three of Robert Stewart's acquaintences told police that the missing man had been acting strangely in recent days, had stopped taking his prescription medication and voiced his intention to commit suicide.

Police seize $1 million collection of pre-Columbian art in Santa Ana

Laidy Bonilla, an archeologist with the National Museum’s Department of Cultural Heritage Protection and who was involved in the raid, told The Tico Times the collection is very large, making up more than half of the 148 artifacts seized so far in 2014. The collection included ceremonial and domestic items such as ceramic vases, pendants, metates — mealing stones used to grind corn and seeds — mortars, and grinding stones from Costa Rica’s Pacific northwest dated between 300 AD and 700 AD.
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Landslides and Flooding Wreak Havoc on Costa Rica’s Roads

The recent heavy rains in Costa Rica have caused significant damage to the country’s already deteriorating road network. According to the National Roads Council...

Costa Rica Fights Coral Bleaching with Pioneering Restoration Efforts

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are critical to the health of our planet, supporting over one-quarter of all marine species....

Poverty Surges in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Province

Extreme poverty in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province has surged from 1.9% in 2021 to 3.9% in 2024, doubling in just three years. Workers in...