U.S. citizen missing in waters of Jaco beach
A U.S. citizen who’s identity has not been officially released remained missing early Monday morning after disappearing into the waters of Jaco Beach on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast on…
Man sentenced to 35 years in grisly murder, dismemberment filmed on a cell phone
A Limon court has sentenced Jose Luis Rodriguez Zamora to 35 years in prison for the murder and dismemberment of a man in February 2012 that one of his accomplices…
Route 27 fully reopened after landslide; Globalvia promises to “monitor” situation
Route 27, which connects San Jose and the country’s central Pacific coast, was fully reopened Friday afternoon after a major landslide on Wednesday had blocked the highway.Globalvia, the concessionaire…
South America’s soccer federation at heart of FIFA scandal somehow has diplomatic immunity
How on Earth did the South American soccer federation at the heart of the FIFA corruption scandal get diplomatic immunity? The government of Paraguay made it so.…
Mexican ruling party wins elections amid violence
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his allies retained a slim working majority Monday in the lower house of Congress following mid-term elections.The run-up to Sunday's poll was marked by…
Costa Rica is the most voracious consumer of pesticides in the world | World Environment Day
World Environment Day, established by the United Nations, is marked every year on June 5th. And, while Costa Rica has indeed taken remarkable efforts to protect its natural environment,…
Costa Rica ratifies agreement to automatically share your financial information
Costa Rica and six other countries are the latest to join an international agreement to automatically exchange individuals’ and companies’ financial information.…
Tourism chamber wants to change Costa Rica airport code, name over confusion with African nation
The Guanacaste Tourism Chamber (Cataurgua) wants the international airport in Liberia, in the popular tourism hotspot that is the Guanacaste province in northern Costa Rica, to be identified as…
