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Hurricane Otto is nearing the shores of Costa Rica, so we've collected a list of precautions you should take and donations you can make before and during the storm.

A spike of almost 30 percent in the number of traffic accidents recorded in Costa Rica during first eight months of this year prompted an increase in the price of the mandatory automobile insurance for 2017.

Costa RIca's new digital certificates include an alphanumeric security code that allows any interested party to confirm the certificate’s validity.

As Christmas and New Year's approach, here are the holiday hours that Costa Rica banks, embassies, government offices and businesses are keeping this year.

Jurors are poised to view grisly evidence of the June 2012 death of 4-year-old Remington Walden in the back seat of a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The SUV erupted in flames after being rear-ended at an intersection as his aunt drove him to a tennis lesson. The family's lawyers alleged in court filings that the carmaker knew of the danger — caused by the fuel tank's placement 11 inches from the rear bumper — and ignored it for years.

Changes in the online registration system aim to prevent users from snatching up appointments en masse and then reselling them.