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Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

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Mariale Acosta was crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026 on Friday night at the Costa Rica Convention Center, completing a comeback that had made...
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Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

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For children in Costa Rica’s most remote communities, the distance between home and school is not measured in minutes. It is measured in hours...
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Costa Rica Crowns New Miss Universe Representative Tonight

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Tonight, under the lights of one of San José's premier venues, a new queen will be crowned to represent Costa Rica at the Miss...
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Facebook Still Leads in Costa Rica, but TikTok Is Growing Fastest

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Facebook remains the most widely used social network in Costa Rica, with eight in 10 adults who own a cell phone using the platform...
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Paul McCartney Turned a Rainy Costa Rica Day Off Into a New Song

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Costa Rica's rain has been immortalized in one of Paul McCartney's newest songs. The legendary British musician revealed that "First Star of the Night,"...
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Costa Rica Names Its Best Coffees of 2026 at the Cup of Excellence

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A Java-variety coffee grown in the Los Santos region claimed the top spot among washed coffees in Costa Rica's Taza de la Excelencia (Cup...
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Ed Sheeran Brings LOOP Tour to Costa Rica This Saturday

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San José is gearing up for one of the biggest concert events the country has seen in years. On Saturday, May 30, 2026, British...
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Costa Rica Debate Grows Over Moving Annexation Holiday

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Nicoya authorities are pushing back against a proposal in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly that would move the July 25 holiday commemorating the Annexation of...
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Costa Rican Cinema Makes History With Cannes Acting Award

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Costa Rican cinema reached a new milestone Friday, May 22, when actresses Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariángel Villegas shared the Best Actress award in...
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Chayanne Thrills Costa Rica Fans at Estadio Nacional Concert

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San José welcomed Puerto Rican superstar Chayanne last night as thousands of fans filled the Estadio Nacional in La Sabana for one of Costa...
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Canatur Criticizes Ride-Sharing Apps Being Used to Promote Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s main tourism chamber is pushing back against the use of ride-sharing platforms in official tourism promotion, arguing that public and private campaigns...
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Guanacaste Faces One of Its Worst Droughts as Rain Hits Much of Costa Rica

Guanacaste is facing one of its worst drought situations in years, even as much of Costa Rica deals with heavy rain, saturated soils and...
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Costa Rica Tax Revenue Keeps Falling as UNA Economists Urge Fiscal Reform

A public university research center has called a comprehensive fiscal reform "necessary and urgent," warning that Costa Rica's tax revenue has been sliding since...
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Costa Rica Storm Cristina Leaves Five Missing Along Pacific Coast

Five people were missing off Costa Rica's Pacific coast on Tuesday after two small boats capsized in heavy surf whipped up by Tropical Storm...
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