"Chepe" Light Festival A Family Event
Hundreds of thousands  filled the streets of "chepe" (San José)came out last night for the 11th annual "Festival de la Luz", perhaps the most brilliant and entertaining of all holiday season parades.

10.000 Residents of Limón Still Without Drinking Water
Following the fire at the Quimicos Holland chemical plant last Wednesday in Moín, 10.000 residents of Limón are still witout drinking water.

Central America To Open Partnership Negotiations With European Union
Leaders of Central American countries at the summit meeting of Central American Integration System - SICA in San José, agreed to set up a rotating mechanism in a bid to open partnership negotiations with the European Union (EU) in 2007.

Air Madrid Chaos Leaves Travellers Stranded in Costa Rica
With a week before Christmas, hundreds of Costa Ricans and foreigners have been grounded, not being able to fly between Costa Rica and Spain, following the cancellation of all flights by Air Madrid on Friday.

Turtles Return
The residents of several small towns in the vicinity of the Camaronal National Wildlife Refuge – in the Nicoya Peninsula, on the Pacific -, as well as foreigners visiting the area witnessed the first mass arrival of parrot turtles to the site after it was declared a protected area in 1994.