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Environmentalists to Crucitas gold mine: Take a hike

    Costa Rican environmentalists announced Monday that they will march for seven days – covering roughly 170 kilometers – to protest the stalled open pit...

Crucitas Gold Mine Back on Hold

Costa Rica’s Administrative Contention Tribunal, an appeals court that reviews the actions of government agencies, has approved precautionary measures that prolong the suspension of...

Crucitas Mine Gets Green Light

The battle over the viability of the Crucitas gold mine in northern Costa Rica took a new course this week. On Friday, April 16, the...

Tribunal freezes Crucitas gold mine over possible ‘serious damage’ to environment

Costa Rica´s Administrative Contention Tribunal has approved precautionary measures that prolong the suspension of work at the Crucitas open-pit gold mine in northern Costa...

Protestors against Crucitas turn out in force

The roughly one thousand protesters that gathered outside the Supreme Court on Thursday represented more than a frustrated crowd of oppositionists. The piles of people...

Growing Concern Over Crucitas Mine

MANAGUA – Responding to warnings that an open-pit goldmine on Costa Rica’s northern border could have “catastrophic” environmental consequences on Nicaragua’s San Juan River,...

Costa Rica environmentalists keep up pressure against Crucitas mine

A group of environmentalists and concerned citizens gathered in front of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) in San José Wednesday...

Experts: Las Crucitas Logging in Costa Rica Bad for Birds

At the center of the growing conflict over a planned open-pit gold mine on Costa Rica’s northern border is the great green macaw. This emerald...
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Brazil’s Joao Fonseca Moves Into Madrid Third Round After Cilic Withdrawal

Brazil’s Joao Fonseca moved into the third round of the Madrid Masters 1000 on Friday without playing a point, after Croatia’s Marin Cilic withdrew...

Costa Rica Receives Third Group of Deportees from the United States

Costa Rica received a third group of people deported from the United States yesterday afternoon, as the country continues carrying out a new migration...

Argentine Thiago Tirante Upsets Tommy Paul to Reach Third Round in Madrid

Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante defeated 15th-seeded American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open....

OIJ Warns of Surge in WhatsApp Dollar Scams in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency is warning the public about a rise in scams involving the fake sale of U.S. dollars through hacked WhatsApp...