Thousands in Escazu, Santa Ana, and Desamparados could see water rationing up to 12 hours per day beginning later this month
Tens of thousands if not more households in Escazu, Santa Ana, Salitral, and Desamparados – an estimated 150,000 people - are expected to begin suffering from water rationing toward the…
Latin America is the deadliest region for human rights, environmental activists, group says
Latin America is the deadliest region for human rights activists with scores killed defending land rights, the environment and the rights of LGBTI and indigenous people, a campaign group said…
Guatemala arrests 14 former officials for war-era crimes
Guatemala on Wednesday detained 14 ex-military officials, including the brother of a former president, for forced disappearances and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest period of its 36-year civil war.…
Costa Rica “strongly condemns” North Korea’s first test of thermonuclear weapon
The government of Costa Rica said it “strongly condemns” the test of North Korea’s first thermonuclear weapon, colloquially referred to as a hydrogen bomb or “H-Bomb” because it employs hydrogen…
Venezuela blasts Costa Rica “interference” in internal affairs; calls the country a “vassal to imperial interests”
Venezuela’s “Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations” blasted Costa Rica for allegedly interfering in its internal affairs in a diplomatic letter send to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
CONCACAF chief agrees to extradition to US
Hawit, president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and a vice president of world governing body FIFA, was arrested on December 3 in Zurich.…
Watch celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver’s take on a healthy Costa Rican classic (VIDEO)
Celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver was recently inspired by a trip to Costa Rica where he received a taste of the traditional Sopa Negra (literally, ‘black soup’), a healthy and traditionally…
Dutch expats killed in Costa Rica triple murder
A Dutch couple and a Nicaraguan workman were found murdered at a 400 hectare cooperate estate known as Ganadera La Flecha in Sardinal de Puntarenas, near Costa Rica’s central Pacific…
