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.…
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…
Costa Rica recorded more murders than traffic deaths in 2015
Despite its distinction of having the worst roads in Central America (according to the IMF) Costa Rica recorded more murders than traffic fatalities in 2015, a year which set a…
El Chapo’s days are numbered, US officials say
It has been nearly six months since drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's spectacular escape from Mexico's only supermax prison, but U.S. law enforcement officials say they are convinced that…
Costa Rica’s “base salary,” used for calculating everything from court fines to child support, increases to ¢424,200
What is known in Costa Rica as a “base salary” and is used as a benchmark in determining everything from court fines to child support has been set at ¢424,200…
Miami officials on edge over impending arrival of thousands of Cubans from Costa Rica
Officials in Miami, Florida are expressing their concerns over the imminent arrival of thousands of Cuban migrants who have been stranded in Costa Rica since November of last year, fearing…
