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Starbucks adds limited-time MrBeast tie-in drink at select Costa Rica stores

Starbucks stores in Costa Rica are offering the Cannon Ball Drink, a limited-time beverage tied to a partnership with content creator MrBeast. The drink...

Costa Rican Film ‘Todo Puede Cambiar’ Spotlights Youth Trapped in Narcotrafficking Crisis

A new Costa Rican film set to hit theaters next week takes a hard look at how narcotrafficking and contract killings tear through young...

Public Image Ltd Set to Make Costa Rica Debut in April

Rock fans in Costa Rica have a major event on the horizon. Public Image Ltd, the band led by John Lydon, plans to play...

Trump says he will order release of information about extraterrestrials

U.S. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he will order federal agencies to “identify and publish” government files related to extraterrestrials, something some Americans...

Restoration of Costa Rica’s Teatro Nacional Paused Amid Claims of Irreparable Harm

Work on restoring the Teatro Nacional, Costa Rica's premier cultural landmark, came to a sudden stop this week after the Sala Constitucional issued a...

Godfather and Apocalypse Now actor Robert Duvall dead at 95

Robert Duvall, who played the smooth mafia lawyer in "The Godfather" and stole the show with his depiction of a surfing-crazed colonel in "Apocalypse...

Costa Rica Joins Global Lunar New Year Observances With Community Festivities

The Chinese community in Costa Rica marked the approach of the Lunar New Year with a public celebration on February 14 in the Barrio...

Costa Rica Fossil Discovery Reveals Mastodon and Sloth Giants

Researchers at the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica have confirmed a major paleontological find in the province of Cartago: fossil remains from a mastodon-like...

Daddy Yankee Brings Faith-Focused Testimony to Costa Rica

Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee plans to visit Costa Rica later this month to present his conference "El Testimonio." The event takes place on...

Costa Ricans Keep Election Ballots at Home in Rare Trust Based Voting System

In her living room, Priscilla Herrera safeguards, alongside Vaquita, her mixed-breed dog, hundreds of ballots for Sunday’s elections in Costa Rica, where citizens are...
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Costa Rica President Elect Laura Fernández Backs US Migration Deal

President-elect Laura Fernández defended Costa Rica’s new migration agreement with the United States on Tuesday, arguing that the deal gives the country flexibility while...

Colombian Military Aircraft Crash in Putumayo Kills 66

A Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguízamo in the southern department of Putumayo on March 23,...

Costa Rica Hotels Expect High Occupancy for Easter Week

Costa Rica’s hotel sector is heading into Easter week with strong expectations, projecting average occupancy of 75% nationwide for the March 27 to April...

How Costa Rica Cattle Ponds Support Birds Deer and Other Wildlife

Cattle ranching has been interwoven into the fabric of Guanacaste for centuries. Historically, enormous haciendas employed sabaneros, Tico cowboys, to raise cattle on the...