The first commercial flight in Costa Rica occurred on December 29, 1928, when a Pan American airplane landed in La Sabana. Over the following decades, the aviation…
It's Throwback Thursday, which means we take a look at Costa Rica's past. The nine-minute documentary showcases life in Costa Rica in the 1940s, as viewed through…
In the early hours of April 22, 1991, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck the Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica and Panama. Costa Rica’s strongest earthquake of all time…
In March 1963, Irazú Volcano began a period of eruptions that would last two years. The below video, via the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica…
Costa Rica's history has been replete with earthquakes. This Library of Congress photo, dated between 1880 and 1900, shows a small lake that formed after an earthquake in…
It’s hard to explain to people back home that Costa Rica doesn’t have a postal system quite like other countries. How many times has a friend insisted…
The Costa Rican government announced its plan to fully decarbonize the economy by 2050 this Sunday. A big part of their plan involves electrifying the public and…
Arenal Volcano's July 1968 eruption destroyed three small villages, killed 87 people and wiped out 232 square kilometers of crops and livestock. The stratovolcano has remained dormant…
Pan American World Airways, once one of the most recognized names in the sky, made Costa Rica one of its first international destinations. A Pan Am route map for…
Founded in 1945, LACSA (or Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A) was Costa Rica's flagship airline. LACSA eventually became a member airline of TACA (Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos), which 10 years…
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