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Costa Rica Exchange Rate Keeps Falling as Colón Strengthens Against U.S. Dollar

Costa Rica’s exchange rate kept dropping this week as the colón gained more ground against the U.S. dollar, adding to a trend that has...

Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Makes Esquire Best New Hotels 2026 List

Costa Rica picked up a place on Esquire’s Best New Hotels in the World 2026 list this week, with Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Punta...

U.S. State Department Keeps Costa Rica Travel Warning

The U.S. State Department has kept Costa Rica at Level 2 in its travel advisory system, urging Americans to exercise increased caution due to...

Costa Rica Expands Canada Access With New Air Canada Route

Air Canada is adding a new nonstop route between Vancouver and Guanacaste for the 2026 to 2027 winter season, giving Costa Rica’s Pacific coast...

El Niño forecast points to hotter and drier months ahead in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is heading into a hotter and drier stretch in the coming months, with the National Meteorological Institute warning (IMN) that El Niño...

Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce to Host International Sport Fishing Tournament

Golfo Dulce is gearing up to host the Battle of the Bay, a sport fishing tournament set to take place from May 8 to...

Southwest and Delta Raise Bag Fees for Costa Rica Flights

Southwest and Delta have both raised checked bag fees again, adding to the cost of flying to Costa Rica at a time when many...

Lauren Sánchez Says Cocos Island Visit With Jeff Bezos Was About Marine Protection

Lauren Sánchez said her recent visit to Costa Rica’s Cocos Island with Jeff Bezos was tied to marine conservation work, offering the clearest explanation...

Costa Rica Cracks Down on Unauthorized Tours at Volcán Poás National Park

A recent operation at Volcán Poás National Park saw 30 people detained for entering restricted zones within the park, with at least one repeat...

Dangerous Ocean Conditions Persist Across Costa Rica

Dangerous ocean conditions remain in place across Costa Rica as strong currents, rough surf and wind-driven seas continue to affect both the Pacific and...
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Nicaraguan Exiles Demand Justice on Eighth Anniversary of 2018 Protests

Nicaraguans living in exile in Costa Rica and the United States gathered this weekend to demand justice for victims of the 2018 protests and...

El Salvador Adds New Tools in National Health App to Track and Treat Chronic Conditions

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced the start of the second phase of Dr. SV, a public health application developed with Google Cloud that...

The Story of Costa Rica’s Famous Railroad to Limón

Few stories in Costa Rican history are as dramatic, costly, and consequential as the construction of the railroad connecting San José to the Caribbean...

Costa Rica Suspends Tree Cutting and Construction Permits in Papagayo

Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber has ordered the suspension of tree-felling permits, construction authorizations, and density modifications tied to a hotel development in the Papagayo...