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Leaders Seek to Bring New Life To San José’s Abandoned Core

(Part two in a two-part series on improving and repopulating San José.)AS developers’ eyes and investors’ pocketbooks remain fixated on urban sprawl east, west,...

Is a Better San José Possible? — Officials Plan Improvements for Capital

(Part one in a two-part series on improving and repopulating San José.)When government officials announced planson Wednesday to change some bus routes andrepave a...

First Central American Sleep Inn

THE newest place to sleep in San Joséis the brand-new Sleep Inn San JoséDowntown. It’s the first large hotel to bebuilt in the city...

Baby Turtle Study Fuels Park Debate

ACCUSATIONS that baby turtles were killed duringscientific experiments in Las Baulas NationalMarine Park have added fuel to an already tense debateabout the purpose of...

Government Seeks Homes For Orphans

Spitting through his half-toothless, 9-year-oldgums, a curly headed boy in the San Joséchildren’s home Hogarcito María sputtered ashopping list of the advantages of having...

Storyteller Connects Costa Rica with Noah’s Ark

WHO would have ever thought ofAlajuela as the Chosen City? Or thatobjects descending from above whilecrossing the Central Park were not mangoesor pigeons but...

Orlando Carranza: Art that Comes from the Heart

ON a breezy April day in Atenas, an hour northwest ofSan José, Orlando Carranza, 37, welcomed me to his studiowith a modest smile. Wearing...

President’s Speech Criticized

When President Abel Pacheco took officethree years ago, he declared as priorities reducingpoverty and protecting the environment.This week, moments after the President used hisannual...

Amma’s Swami Dayamrita Returns to Country

“Motherliness is the soul of all healing.”–Hindu ScriptureIT is often heard in spiritual circles thatwhen the student is ready, the teacherappears. If this is...

Adventure Race in Mountains Tested Wills and Lungs

TWENTY minutes ahead of the nearestriders, Ligia Madrigal unclipped hershoe from the pedal and fished her contourmap out of its plastic casing. She was...

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Costa Rica Faces Economic Risks from Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs

United States President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new tariff program today, dubbed "Liberation Day," which imposes a universal 10% tariff on all imports...

Costa Rica Faces Rising Crime and Distrust in Government

Insecurity and crime have soared to unprecedented levels in Costa Rica, emerging as one of our country's most pressing issues, according to a new...

El Salvador President Welcomes Deportees As Trump Alliance Grows Stronger

The combative president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has become a key partner for the provocative migrant deportation policy of his American counterpart Donald...

Former Costa Rica President Óscar Arias Addresses Revoked U.S. Visa

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Laureate Óscar Arias held a press conference to address the revocation of his U.S. visa. Arias stated that...

U.S. Revokes Visa of Ex-President Óscar Arias, Celebrated Nobel Laureate

The U.S. government has revoked the visa of former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, as of April 1, 2025,...
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