While there weren't as many major political scandals in Costa Rica in 2015 as in years past, there still was plenty of material for Ticos to do what they seem to do best – celebrate the absurd with satire and memes made viral on social media.
In 2015 Costa Rica was the site of major drug busts, a first-of-its-kind sex tourism case and the rise of a serial killer. Here are the year's five biggest crime stories.
It was a historic 2015 for Costa Rican surfers, who won an ISA World Championship and finished a national-best eighth at the ultra-competitive Junior World Championships.
Starbucks has opened its 33rd store in Costa Rica while Dunkin' adds locations in Zapote and Sabana Este, intensifying competition in the country's coffee and doughnut market.
Costa Rica has detained 56 Peruvian nationals today after finding them working without authorization at a gold mine in Miramar, Puntarenas. The workers had...
Michael Lawrence Brannon, a U.S. businessman who previously held an ownership stake and board position in the group that managed Club Sport Herediano, has...
