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Volunteer Association Recruiting for Park Work

The Protected Area Volunteer Association (ASVO) will be recruiting volunteers Feb. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center...

New Sign Campaign To Benefit Tourists

In an agreement many consider to be decades overdue, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT)...

Nature Advocate Mourned

Joseph Andrew Tosi, Jr., a U.S.-born geographer and ecologist known for defending Costa Rica’s natural areas, passed away Saturday in his home, east of...

Fishing Law Reforms Rejected

Environmentalists are celebrating legislators’ rejection of a reform to the country’s Fishing Law they claim would have put marine species at risk. Costa Rica’s fishing...

Southern Pacific Area Eyes Tourism Potential

UVITA, Puntarenas – If what hotel owner Waldemar Steiner says is true, that a 50-mile stretch of Costa Rica’s southern Pacific coast is “young...

President Launches Telecom Reform

With the stroke of a pen, President Oscar Arias stripped the state-run telecommunications and electricity monopoly of some of its bureaucratic shackles yesterday. Arias signed...

Golfito Marina Project Seeks Final Permits

After months of bureaucratic delays, and with financial backing from a new U.S. investor, developers of a large marina project in the small southeastern...

Immigration in Disarray

Foreigners in line at Immigration swap stories about the problem-ridden bureaucracy as if they were war tales. The man who started shaking in fury...

ICE Power Swap Revives Conflict

The naming of a new executive president for the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) this week drew fire from labor unions and rekindled controversy...

Monteverde Celebrates Release Of New Documentary, Book

Peace Pilgrim, the woman who spent 28  years walking through North America to spread the message of peace, walked again last weekend in the...

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Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano Erupts, National Park Closes Temporarily

Poás Volcano erupted twice on Sunday, producing a plume that rose 300 meters above the crater, according to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI)....

Costa Rica Targets Eco-Threats in New Bill Push

Costa Rica’s long been the poster child for green living, but lately, it’s grappling with a surge in environmental crimes that’s got folks talking....

El Salvador Closes Bitcoin-Funded Pet Hospital After Welfare Scandal

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced this Saturday the closure of the country's only pet hospital, which was created with funds from...

Low-Cost Award Flights to Costa Rica Available for Spring Break

Travelers eyeing a spring break getaway can now book one-way award flights to Costa Rica starting at 7,500 miles, thanks to a deal uncovered...

Corn: From Ancient Sacred Staple to Modern Costa Rican Delight

Costa Rica, a tropical volcanic paradise, offers a vast array of fruits and vegetables, yet the centerpiece remains the sacred food of the Maya,...
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