The launch of the iPhone 4S in Costa Rica marks yet another step in this country’s growing demand for smartphones. Apple always does a great job with launch publicity, but this time someone in Apple ...

Although Canadian businessman Ryan Craig Piercy Bate is reportedly back in the safety of his home in Heredia, there seem to be more doubts than conclusions related to his month-long disappearance.

If you happen to be in Guanacaste while traveling in Costa Rica, you should definitely visit the Rincon de la Vieja National Park, one of the most ecologically diverse areas in the province. It will ...

Once again Alajuela is the birthplace of Costa Rican heroes. Drummer boy and infantry rifleman Juan Santamaria became our national hero when he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country back in 1856 ...

Prison officials in Costa Rica are on high alert as intelligence reports suggest that associates of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, could be plotting a daring escape.

A new law passed by legislators at the National Assembly of Costa Rica will reduce the nation’s contribution to the electoral process by about 20 billion colones, approximately $40,000,000 at today’s ...

At around midnight on Saturday, screams rang out in the Leon XII shanty town in San José’s densely populated district of Tibás as flames from an apparent arson act spread quickly through the makeshift ...

After a series of previous snubs in 2013 and delayed legislative review, a committee of 42 legislators in Costa Rica gave the green light to vessels from the United States Navy and Coast Guard to dock ...

Arabs and Jews, blacks and whites, teens and seniors, Anglos and Mexicans, Ticos and Nicaraguans, Cowboys and Indians. In Costa Rica we can all celebrate cultural harmony in a world focused on ...

A new type of tourism was launched in Costa Rica this past Wednesday, the very first time a cruise liner has started its journey from a Costa Rican port. Azamara Quest, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean ...

The Research Vessel (R/V) Farley Mowat, which was once under the command of controversial Canadian conservationist Paul Watson, has unceremoniously sunk in Nova Scotia. The R/V Farley Mowat was once ...

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