After killing two riders, Malacrianza morphed into a Costa Rican legend and the bull's story reinvigorated the dwindling popularity of Costa Rican rodeo.
Álvaro Ugalde, who along with Mario Boza is considered a father of Costa Rica's world-famous national park system, died Saturday of a heart attack in his home in Heredia, east of San José, a day short of his 69th birthday.
Last Wednesday, Patton's boyfriend, 40-year-old New York State native Greg Fischer, was found dead in his Escazú apartment southwest of San José, from an apparent heart attack or asthma attack, his brother Brian stated in a Facebook post.
Famous San José street guitarist Marito Mortadela died Friday having spent two days in San Juan de Dios Hospital after falling into cardiac arrest while eating lunch in downtown San José. Mortadela would have turned 59 this year.
A U.S. retiree died in a surfing accident on Costa Rica's northwestern Pacific coast on Friday morning. Randy Giambalvo, 61, was surfing at Playa Avellanas in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, when he struck his head on a rock and died.
Costa Rica’s public health system depends on a single machine at Hospital México to provide an important form of cancer treatment, leaving patients vulnerable...
