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Carlos Muñoz makes surf history at Costa Rica finals at Playa Hermosa

Sixteen-year-old Carlos Muñoz carved out waves, history and a hat-trick at Costa Rica´s National Surf Circuit finals on Saturday at central Pacific Playa Hermosa. The...

Tourism Businesses Look To Survive Downturn

GARABITO, Puntarenas – The economic crisis of the United States – now spread around the globe – is beginning to take its toll on...

Jason Torres Wins 2nd Consecutive Circuit Event

The latest date of the 2008-2009 National Surf Circuit, the Torneo Witch’s Rock, held last weekend in Tamarindo on the northern Pacific coast, was...

New Hotel Caters to Comfort-Craving Surfers in Playa Hermosa

Christina Truitt used to hang out with her friends on a beautiful beachfront lot in Playa Hermosa, five kilometers south of Jacó on the...

Naranjo Wins 1st Nat’l Surf Circuit Date

Though it may have looked like he took the trophy in a walk, the battle was anything but effortless, said Diego Naranjo of his...

Beaches Not for Germ-a-Phobes

Some of the Pacific coast’s most popular beaches are dangerously polluted with sewage runoff, according to a broad study by the Costa Rican Water...

Surf Federation Gets New President; Circuit Still Wide Open

The weather has changed at the Costa Rican Surf Federation, and according to José Ureña, the new president of the country’s official organization for...

2006-2007 Surf Season Kicks Off

The Costa Rican surfing juggernaut has not slowed down since the national team returned from the World Surfing Games in October in Huntington Beach,...

Boca Barranca Hosts Weekend Surf Benefit

Sign-ups end at 7 tonight for this weekend’s charitable surfing tournament at Boca Barranca, near the central Pacific port city of Puntarenas. Surfers will compete...

Ticos Dominate Regional Surf Championship

In three days of hard-core surfing in conditions that culminated in seven to eight-foot waves, Costa Rica dominated the Central American Surf Championship last...

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Costa Rica Investigates Animal Deaths After Zoo Closure

The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) reported that seven animals died after being transferred, due to the closure of the Simon Bolivar Zoo....

Panama’s Plan to Close Darién Jungle to Migrants Raises Concerns

A Unicef official said this Friday that it is impossible to predict what will happen if Panama closes the Darién jungle to migrants, as...

Fishing, Fun and Flamingo: Exploring Northern Costa Rica’s Legendary Sport-Fishing Locale

Flamingo, Costa Rica, has long been renowned as one of the world’s premier sport-fishing destinations, drawing avid anglers from across the globe for generations....

At 68, Oldest English Costa Rica Paper – The Tico Times celebrates tradition — and reinvention

Like the country it calls home, The Tico Times has often had an impact that far outpaces its small size.

Nicaragua’s Property Controversy: Recovery or Confiscation?

Nicaragua's Attorney General's Office asserted this Friday that it has "legally recovered" properties from opponents, universities, and NGOs, within the framework of trials or...
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