The boom in high-rise construction is being driven by a combination of changing consumer preferences, attractive housing credit, and quality of life concerns.
Plans for Costa Rica's new Legislative Assembly building, a 17-story concrete tower, have come under harsh criticism from residents and local architects.
Over 100 people on Tuesday evening marched along San José's Central Avenue to protest the persistent sexual harassment of women – and sometimes men – in public places, including streets, sidewalks, parks and the workplace.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Cuba in almost a century next month, a symbolic visit that will cast off one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.
The former mayor of San José, Johnny Araya Monge, who headed the municipality for 22 years, believes progress has stalled since he left office in 2013 to pursue a losing bid for the presidency the following year.
Officials from Costa Rica's National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) have raised alarms over a spike in unauthorized entries to national parks and other...
The National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) warned that Costa Rica's tourism ended 2025 with a modest 1% increase in international arrivals, a figure that...
