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CIDH Urges Nicaragua to Protect Jailed Sandinista Commander

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered Nicaragua to protect the life, personal integrity and health of Bayardo Arce Castaño, a historical Sandinista...

Costa Rica Included In Starbucks’ Next Phase of Coffee Tree Donation Program

Starbucks has announced a new phase of its coffee tree donation program, with Costa Rica among the countries selected to receive trees as the...

NASA Releases Picture of Earthset Photo by Artemis Crew

NASA released a historic photograph of Earth dipping below the lunar horizon, more than 57 years after an iconic "Earthrise" image was captured by...

Don’t Get Caught in the Rain: Costa Rica’s Weather Forecast for This Week

The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) is forecasting variable conditions across Costa Rica this week, with weak trade winds driving heat, humidity, and afternoon storm...

Panama’s Bridge of the Americas Closed After Fuel Truck Blast

One worker died and two firefighters suffered minor burns Monday when a tanker truck exploded at a private fuel terminal beneath the Bridge of...

Costa Rica’s Banco Nacional changes BN Móvil and online banking access

Banco Nacional customers in Costa Rica will now need to use a new access system for the bank’s digital channels, as changes affecting BN...

Transitarte Returns to San José With Larger Program

San José is preparing for the return of Transitarte this week, with the annual urban arts festival set for April 10, 11 and 12...

Artemis II Enters Final Moon Approach as Orion Nears Historic Lunar Flyby

The astronauts of the Artemis II mission are making history by venturing farther into space than any human before and catching live glimpses of...

Eight Killed in Honduras Bus and Tanker Truck Crash

At least eight people died and eight others were injured when a bus collided head-on with a tanker truck on a major highway in...

El Salvador Mass Trials Raise Fears Innocent People Will Pay

Williams Díaz was detained by soldiers more than three years ago while on his way to work. Today, in El Salvador’s mega-prison for gang...
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Costa Rica Warns of Rising Wildlife Trafficking in Osa During Nesting Season

Illegal wildlife trafficking is again flaring in Costa Rica’s Osa region, where authorities say late March and early April mark the most intense stretch...

Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce to Host International Sport Fishing Tournament

Golfo Dulce is gearing up to host the Battle of the Bay, a sport fishing tournament set to take place from May 8 to...

Costa Rica Police Continue Probe Into Disappearance of Nicaraguan Mother

Costa Rica is continuing to investigate the disappearance of a foreign woman in Santa Ana, a case that has drawn wider attention after new...

The Cologne Scent Scientists Use to Photograph Jaguars in Costa Rica

Civetone is a powerful macrocyclic ketone and the primary odoriferous constituent of natural civet. Known for its warm, intensely animalic, and powdery-musky scent, it...