This year, The Tico Times was proud to meet women who are changing the world - or at least their corner of it - through hard work…

Besides seeing a disappointing rise in its homicide rate over the last year, Costa Rica has been the site of major drug busts, a first-of-its-kind sex tourism case and…

It’s been a bruiser of a first year in office for Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís. [caption id="attachment_65341" align="aligncenter" width="700"] (Via Culture Ministry)[/caption] 1. 'FIAsco' The…

Clothes make the man, the saying goes, and President Luis Guillermo Solís took the adage to heart this year. Being president is a political and ceremonial post in…

Every year travel magazines and survey authorities across the world hurl accolades at Costa Rica’s beautiful beaches and seemingly happy people. This year was no different, but…