The Costa Rican Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Ministry (MINAET) said that it will support a proposal to include eight different species of sharks in...
The administration of President-elect Laura Chinchilla, of the National Liberation Party (PLN), faces some stiff challenges upon moving into the Casa Presidencial in May....
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is on a mission in Central America to document with three dimensional imagery the isthmus’...
The economic crisis punished most economic sectors of Costa Rica in 2009. Exports and imports fell, foreign direct investment suffered, real estate sales plummeted...
Second in a four-part series on Presidential Candidates’ Positions on the Issues
The environment is popular in the presidential race, but only as an aside....
Conjuring up Christmas-card images of snow-covered hillsides and sleigh rides can be challenging when, just outside your window, palm fronds sway in the warm...
With the help of a police escort, about 100 protesters closed down two lanes of traffic on San José´s Avenida Segunda on Monday afternoon...
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed concern over attacks by the...
Costa Rica just made a decisive move to tackle organized crime. Yesterday, the Legislative Assembly voted 44-13 to amend Article 32 of the Constitution,...
In a move that has ignited heated debate, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) has intensified enforcement against residents living in protected...
Costa Rica’s fishing sector, vital to its economy and food security, faces mounting challenges from overexploitation, inadequate data, and weak governance, according to a...
