VAT would mean higher electric, water, and rent bills for many in Costa Rica
A controversial new Value-Added Tax (VAT) being pushed by the Solis administration would mean higher electric, water, and rental payments for many in Costa Rica, should the reform package be…
Authorities investigating if wanted son of “El Chapo” Guzmán, world’s most wanted drug lord, is in Costa Rica
The son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, the world’s most wanted drug lord, may be in Costa Rica, based on a tweet posted to his Twitter account on Monday.…
Iranian-American wanted by Costa Rica, US for real estate fraud extradited from Nicaragua
Sepehr escaped Costa Rican custody on April 1st from the private CIMA Hospital in Costa Rica where he had been hospitalized under guard since May 2014 to treat his post-polio…
Air Panama announces schedule, pricing from $99 for San Jose-Bocas del Toro
Air Panama will begin offering flights between San Jose, Costa Rica and one of Panama’s most popular tourist destinations, Bocas del Toro beginning on October 1st, with pricing beginning…
Colombia to stop spraying coca farms with glyphosate
On April 28, 2011, Victor Burgos went out after lunch to pick the corns of pepper plants growing on his farm in Putumayo, Colombia, when a plane flew overhead and…
Pope Francis: Priests can now ‘absolve the sin of abortion’
On Tuesday, Pope Francis announced that he will allow priests to absolve women who have received abortions as long as they express contrition and seek forgiveness. Before this decree, abortion…
Costa Rica bans hydroelectric projects on 2 rivers for 25 years
President Luis Guillermo Solis has issued an executive order banning the development of hydroelectric power plants along Costa Rica's Pacuare and Savegre rivers for the next 25 years.…
Rescuers discover lifeless remains of missing cyclist, but mystery only deepens
Authorities discovered the remains of Jose Orlando Gomez Gomez Friday afternoon, a mountain biker that had been missing for five days after mysteriously disappearing while participating in a friendly cycling…
