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UPDATED: 10 U.S. citizens, two Costa Rican pilots killed in plane crash

The aircraft, a single-propeller Cessna 208 Caravan, went down in a mountainous area near the Pacific coastal beach town of Punta Islita in the northwestern province of Guanacaste

Paradise marred: Who killed Barry Lawson?

When one of Tamarindo’s most beloved community members died from injuries sustained in a home invasion, townspeople demanded immediate justice. Six months later they’re still looking for answers.

Mexico’s lucha libre in shock over wrestler’s death

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The flying kicks that make lucha libre one of Mexico's most popular events turned into tragedy after a wrestler died in the...

Victims in fatal bus crash in southern Costa Rica were local health care workers

Residents in southern Costa Rica are mourning the deaths of three people – two of them health care workers – killed in a Friday evening bus crash that left several others seriously injured in Limoncito de Coto Brus, Puntarenas.
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Costa Rica Lawmaker Revives Cable Car Idea for Chirripó Summit

Costa Rica's highest point is hard to reach, and for the past half-century that difficulty has been the policy. A proposal now circulating in...

Electric Cars in Costa Rica Face a Higher Sales Tax

Costa Rica's Finance Ministry has increased the selective consumption tax applied to electric vehicles, a change Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday evening and...

Costa Rica Betting Operation Lands California Man in Federal Prison

A California man who survived an assassination attempt outside an Escazú café more than a decade ago has been sentenced to federal prison for...

More Than 2,100 Dead People Found in Costa Rica Social Aid Records

The Costa Rican institution that channels lottery profits into a fifth of the country's social protection spending did not report a single one of...