Costa Rica seeks extradition of Iranian-American wanted by Costa Rica, U.S. for real estate fraud
Costa Rican authorities are seeking the extradition from Nicaragua of Cyrus Anoushirvan Sepehr, an Iranian-American wanted by Interpol in Costa Rica and the United States. Sepehr was taken into…
Claro eliminates roaming, international calling charges across Central America
Mobile carrier Claro has announced that effective immediately, its postpaid customers in Costa Rica and throughout the region will no longer be charged international rates when calling any country in…
Appellate tribunal upholds Johnny Araya “banishment” from PLN
A National Liberation Party (PLN) appellate tribunal has upheld the party’s decision to “banish” former presidential candidate and former mayor of San Jose, Johnny Araya Monge from the party for…
An Amazon tribe could provide answers to antibiotic resistance
Trillions of bacteria, referred to as the human microbiome, live in and on our bodies. The most diverse collection of bacteria ever discovered was collected from an isolated tribe of…
Costa Rica’s Daniel Oduber airport doubled in passengers since 2010
The Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) in Liberia, Guanacaste has more than doubled the number of passengers and international flights it handles over the last five years, according to…
Mexican businessman rescued from Costa Rica kidnapping ring
April 20th, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica's Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ) were able to rescue a Mexican businessman on Friday who had been held captive in Tes Rios, Alajuela by a…
Tourist killed after boat strikes rocks, sinks in Osa Peninsula
A French tourist was killed on Sunday after the sport fishing vessel he was aboard struck rocks and sank near Cabo Matapolo in the Osa Peninsula. …
More than half of Costa Rica’s workforce hasn’t completed high school
A story published by the Spanish-language financial newspaper El Financiero on Sunday as part of a series analyzing income inequality in the country pointed out what some may find to…
