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Guanacaste Has a Park for Everyone

Guanacaste doesn’t get quite the attention in eco-circles that other regions of Costa Rica do. That’s a shame. With volcanoes, beaches, mangroves, waterfalls, caverns...

Environment Minister Resigns

Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Minister Roberto Dobles resigned this week amid an unfolding scandal that threatens to reach the desk of President...

Building Experts: Preliminary Consults Are Key

To build a tropical retreat from the northern winter months is the goal of many foreigners who put down stakes in Costa Rica. And...

Manuel Antonio Park Faces Closure

The clock is ticking for ManuelAntonioNational Park, which had until Thursday to correct health and sanitary problems or face closure at the hands of...

Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio gets extension to clean up

Manuel Antonio National Park will stay open, for now. Local businesses and tourism outlets breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Health Minister María Luisa...

Oxfam America: Mining Reaps Few Benefits

An open-pit goldmine may not be quite the, well, goldmine it’s made out to be. A study on mining in Central America focusing on...

Forest fire burns in northwestern Costa Rica’s Barra Honda

A forest fire in the Barra Honda National Park, in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, has burned at least 65 hectares since Sunday, the...

Environment Ministry Under Investigation

Legislators have opened an investigation into the Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Ministry (MINAET), after the ministry’s internal auditor alleged a lack of financial oversight. “The...

Protecting Tico Oceans Would Be Great Legacy

You might think it unlikely that George W. Bush could school Oscar Arias about the environment and things green. You would be wrong. Believe...

Timber Cos. Seeking More Wood From Forests

Costa Rica’s nearly $300 million timber industry is growing and gets almost threequarters of its wood from forest plantations, said a report released by...

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Costa Rica Sees Tourism Rebound in April, Breaking Seven-Month Decline

After seven months of declining visitor numbers, Costa Rica welcomed a surge of international tourists in April 2025, signaling a potential recovery for our...

IACHR Warns of Attacks on Journalists in Costa Rica

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...

Panama Farmers Protest Indio River Reservoir for Canal Water Supply

Hundreds of farmers protested on Friday on a river, aboard boats, to oppose the construction of a reservoir for the Panama Canal that would...

Costa Rica’s Extradition Reform: Safer Streets or Legal Risks?

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,...

Costa Rica’s Environmental Scandal: Locals Fined, Foreign Hotels Untouched

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...
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