Palmares festival

Booze and bulls

Employees are faking illness to attend the Palmares Festival

L. Arias - January 21, 2014

Anxious not to miss the Palmares Festival some Ticos buy fake illness certificates to take a sick day, and that prompted the Social Security System, or Caja, to launch an investigation into the selling of counterfeited documents.

193 people arrested in less than a week at Palmares Festival

January 21, 2014

23 people injured in bullfights during first day of Palmares fest

January 17, 2014

Send in the cavalry: Palmares tope draws thousands

January 17, 2014