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Is Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica Concert Still Happening?

Snoop Dogg’s highly anticipated concert in Costa Rica remains scheduled for December 3, despite recent legal developments involving one of the event’s producers. The...

Iron Maiden Ends 10-Year Absence With 50th-Anniversary Show in Costa Rica

Iron Maiden returned to Costa Rica after 10 years, bringing its 50th-anniversary tour and a song never played here before.

Going to Iron Maiden at Estadio Nacional? What to Know Before Thursday

Gates open at 4 p.m. Thursday. Here's which entrance to use, what you can't bring in, and what tickets still cost.

McDonald’s Opens Its 81st Location in Costa Rica

The fast-food chain enters Puntarenas with a solar-powered location offering AutoMac and McCafé.

Costa Rica’s Capital Brings Its Forgotten Tram History Back Into View

A piece of San José’s transportation history is coming back into view, but not in the way one might expect. The Municipality of San...

Costa Rica’s Former Simón Bolívar Zoo Opens for Coffee Day

San José residents will get another chance to walk the grounds of the former Simón Bolívar Zoo on Saturday, October 3, when the site...

Costa Rica Pauses School Rebuild Over Possible Archaeological Site

Costa Rica's National Museum sent an archaeologist to a rural high school in Pérez Zeledón yesterday after construction crews rebuilding the campus turned up...

Saved by the Bell Star Mario Lopez Films Campaign in Costa Rica

Mario Lopez, the actor best known as A.C. Slater on the 1990s sitcom "Saved by the Bell," is in Costa Rica filming a campaign...

Costa Rican Influencer Julián Valverde Released by ICE Without Bond

Costa Rican content creator Julián Valverde was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Florida on Sunday, Sept. 20, after five days...

Video of Costa Rica’s 119-Year-Old Man Making a Bid to Be Oldest Ever

José Flores Flores, the Guanacaste farmer who turned 119 in July, is now at the center of a formal effort to have him recognized...

Costa Rica Peace Festival Brings Art and Music to Alajuela

A Peace Festival de Arte will stretch out over five months with activities for everyone, starting with an inauguration on Wednesday, September 23 and...

Why Costa Ricans Carry Lanterns on the Eve of Independence Day

Across Costa Rica tonight, children will step into the streets carrying glowing handmade lanterns, continuing one of the country’s most recognizable Independence Day traditions....

Rain Expected Across Costa Rica for Lantern Parade Night

Thunderstorms are forecast for the Central and South Pacific this afternoon and for the Caribbean and Northern Zone after dark, putting rain over tonight's farolito parades.

National Geographic Spotlights the Bribri Community That Grows Cacao by Hand

A National Geographic Traveller feature has put international attention on Yorkín, a Bribri community in the Talamanca Mountains of southeastern Costa Rica, and on...
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Dollar Slips Back Toward 450 Colones, Shrinking What Your Dollars Buy

The dollar closed Friday at 452.92 colones on Monex, down from 460.45 on Oct. 1, reducing what anyone earning or saving in dollars gets in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica’s Prison Population Hits Record Ahead of Mega-Prison Opening

Costa Rica held a record 21,173 adults in prison as of Oct. 7, up 42% since 2022, as the government prepares to open its 5,100-bed CACCO maximum-security prison.

Costa Rica Weather Today Brings Dry Mornings and Stormy Pacific Afternoons

Expect a calmer morning, then afternoon storms in the Central Valley and Pacific, heaviest on the Central and South Pacific. Check Route 32 before you drive to the Caribbean.

More Than 400 Buildings Sit in the Path of Costa Rica’s Electric Train

Incofer's feasibility study found more than 400 homes, shops and buildings inside the rail right-of-way for the Tibi electric train. The state must also buy 145 private lots by 2028.