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Child Abuse Trial Of Former Costa Rica Priest Will Continue

The trial of Mauricio Viquez, a former Costa Rica priest will continue after all. There was a concern that the long legal process of...

U.S. family works to set up Costa Rican halfway house in wake of son’s death

In late October, 33-year-old U.S. native Brandon Rowlands died in Costa Rica. Shortly beforehand, he had been placed into an early-release program following a...

Hell spilling over: Is Costa Rica’s preventive prison system in need of reform?

Costa Rica's prisons are desperately overcrowded thanks in large part, some say, to an overuse of pretrial detention, also known as preventive prison or "preventiva."

Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters

When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died 12 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79

United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the intellectual cornerstone of the court's modern conservative wing, whose elegant and acidic opinions inspired a movement of legal thinkers and ignited liberal critics, died Feb. 13 on a ranch near San Antonio. He was 79.
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China Tops US in Latin America Influence for First Time

China's influence in Latin America is now viewed more positively than that of the United States, a major poll conducted in 17 Latin American...

Costa Rica Airport QR Codes Point U.S. Visitors to Free Safety Alerts

If you're a U.S. citizen landing at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, you'll now walk past QR codes in the immigration line...

Costa Rica Plans to Spread El Niño Power Costs Over Three Years of Bills

A government directive proposes recovering the extra cost of generating electricity during El Niño through rates over 36 months to avoid abrupt increases.

Southwest Adds Austin and Nashville Flights to Costa Rica

Southwest Airlines is expanding its service to Costa Rica’s Guanacaste province with new and extended nonstop flights from Austin and Nashville for the summer...