Talamanca

For a unique look into Costa Rica's past, you can't do much better than the 1913 book, "History of the discovery and conquest of...

A 1709 "uprising of the Indians" burned more than a dozen churches and killed several missionaries who had settled in Costa Rica.

A glimpse into the lives of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers in Costa Rica.

A glimpse into the lives of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica's Talamanca Mountains are among the most remotes places in Central America. Far from major cities, thick with tropical jungle, rivers, venomous snakes and cold mountaintops, the region is practically inhospitable. This is where an airplane with 68 Argentine Air Force cadets on board disappeared without a trace in 1965.

Two expats in Costa Rica have won an appeal against the local government of Talamanca, which declared the foreigners “personas non grata" in the Caribbean beach town of Puerto Viejo for being “environmentalists,” according to a statement from the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is small beans compared to Puerto Viejo.

Officials suspect the fire started with an illegal logging operation in Talamanca.