Five university students were murdered in a small apartment in Liberia, Guanacaste in Costa Rica Thursday morning. Another was in critical condition in a local hospital as of Thursday night.
CORIPORT, the company that manages the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) in Guanacaste province, announced it will expand the terminal in coming months prompted by a significant increase in passenger traffic.
Thanks to its international airport and the Inter-American Highway, Liberia is often thought of as a way to get to somewhere else. But with its colonial architecture and clean, tree-lined streets, the capital of Guanacaste is worth a look in its own right.
Costa Rica's National Police arrested two U.S. citizens with the last names Little and Goges in Liberia, capital of the northwestern province of Guanacaste, over the weekend for alleged cocaine possession. Three Costa Ricans, including a 17-year-old girl, also were charged, according to the police report.
Costa Rica's Communications Minister Carlos Roverssi on Wednesday sent a formal protest letter to the Venezuela-based TV station Telesur, after a news report aired Feb. 2 announced the existence of a U.S. Southern Command military base in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province.
Just two weeks before the presidential elections National Liberation Party candidate Johnny Araya's campaign is in full swing, stopping Tuesday night for a rally in the provincial capital of Liberia, in Guanacaste. But a photo of the rally posted Tuesday night on Araya's Facebook page set off a firestorm on social media, with critics alleging the photo is a fraud.
