On a recent trip to the port city of Puntarenas, I noticed a bunch of signs advertising “Churchills.” All along the Paseo de Turistas, restaurants and stands…
Two suspects stole upwards of 3,000 boxes of soda crackers of various brands late on the night of Jan. 25. The suspects allegedly took a shipping container…
At the beginning of 2012, Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly reformed a “dry law” that prevented liquor sales during Easter Holy Week and elections. The move allowed individual…
QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador, where the fatty beans used to make chocolate have been grown since pre-Columbian times, is surpassing Brazil as Latin America's top cocoa producer…
The Costa Rican town of Paraíso was visited by a troop of Santa Clauses Saturday in the area's first Santacon, hosted by the local hostel Brewha Costa…
At 10 p.m. on Friday night, Jazz Café San Pedro was packed and the show was about to start, but the line to get in still wrapped…
The hard part is choosing: Maldita Vida or Japi Endin? Maja Dera or Mama Candela? Stiefel Pub’s laminated menu is a colorful maze of names and pictures, like…
When a friend told me there was a swanky restaurant opening on the top floor of the new Sheraton Hotel and Casino just off the highway in…