Costa Rica's abundant tourist attractions and business opportunities will be on full display during the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 in the U.K., U.S., Germany and Spain.
The traffic mayhem has stranded the 4.5 million passengers who use the subway system daily in the sprawling city, while bumper-to-bumper traffic stretched for up to 250 kilometers (155 miles).
Forward Álvaro Saborío announced Tuesday that he plans to travel with Costa Rica during the World Cup. Saborío would've directed the Ticos' attack during the tournament, but doctors discovered a broken fifth metatarsal in his right foot last Thursday
A new Pew Poll finds that 61 percent of Brazilians fell that hosting the World Cup is a "bad thing because it takes money away from public services" vs. just 34 percent who think it's a "good thing because it creates jobs."
