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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The naming of a new executive president for the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) this week drew fire from labor unions and rekindled controversy...
The United States has rolled out a major military effort called Operation Southern Spear to tackle drug cartels across Latin America. Defense Secretary Pete...
Federal authorities in the United States have detained a high-profile fugitive from El Salvador, exposing gaps in how media portray certain immigration cases. Antonio...
A moderate earthquake shook parts of the Pacific coast early Saturday morning, prompting residents in several areas to report light to moderate trembling.
OVISCORI recorded...
