Costa Rica’s capital city is becoming a war zone (VIDEO)
San Jose, it seems, is turning into a warzone, and authorities seem unable to do much about it, by their own admission.…
Costa Rica’s largest shopping mall to open November 11th, creating thousands of new jobs
The opening of the new shopping mall will generate some 3,500 direct jobs and 4,000 indirect jobs between now and early 2016, according to Lady Lee, the Honduran company which…
Two men arrested with more than 300 sea turtle eggs in Guanacaste
Coast Guard officials on a night patrol of the Junquillal beach in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, arrested two men Friday night who where in possession of 315 protected sea turtle eggs.…
Massive public sector strikes expected to cripple Costa Rica in coming days
What public sector union leaders are promising to be the largest series of union strikes in decades are expected to cripple Costa Rica in the coming days as talks between…
Engine failure forces emergency landing short of runway in Pavas
Two passengers and a pilot onboard a private plane got the scare no passenger or pilot ever wants to experience when the single-engine aircraft in which they were traveling lost…
From history to tragedy: Fifth sextuplet born to Costa Rican couple dies, only one remains alive
Costa Rica's National Children's Hospital, or HNN, reported Sunday that the fifth of the sextuplets born on May 17 to 34-year-old Silvia Villegas, has died after a sudden medical emergency.…
Costa Rica joins ‘Vulnerable 20′ nations in calling for climate action
Twenty countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change announced the formation of a “V20” group Thursday to pool resources and press for tougher action on global warming. …
Police seize 285 olive ridley sea turtle eggs from driver near Jaco
Police officers seized 285 olive ridley sea turtle eggs from a driver in Herradura, near Jaco on Thursday.…
