AyA to borrow $130 million to fix leaking water system
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) is in the final stages of securing $130 million in financing in order to repair leaks in its distribution network. …
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…
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…
Is this classic Costa Rican children’s book racist?
A fond account of the adventures of a black youngster, or a racist caricature of an entire culture?That's the question at the heart of a debate raging in Costa Rica…
