Panama will be one of the first stops for new Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he heads overseas late next week for the first time as the United States’ top diplomat, meaning he’ll face a ...

Genre films dominate this year’s Tres Puertos Costa Rica, now on its third edition. It runs June 18-23 before the Media ...

A retired Nicaraguan military officer turned outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega has been shot to death at his home ...

Costa Rica just scored a big win for its farmers and exporters. The European Union classified the country as low-risk for deforestation under its Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR), set to take ...

Costa Rica has rolled out a new ocean forecasting system on Cocos Island, aiming to improve marine safety, support conservation, and strengthen the country’s digital monitoring capabilities. The Ocean ...

But they are not native to Costa Rica, and the Public Security Ministry said Thursday that possessing, transporting or trafficking them is illegal. The agency said it had never recorded another ...

In Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands, the Madre de Dios and Santa Marta lagoons in Barra del Pacuare, spanning Matina and Siquirres in Limón, are facing a devastating fish kill. Since we first reported ...

The conflict centers on properties built within the maritime-terrestrial zone (ZMT), a 200-meter coastal strip regulated by Costa Rica’s 1977 Maritime Zoning Law. The municipality claims these ...

“It’s the first time capybaras have been seized in Costa Rica, highlighting the intersection of drug trafficking and the illegal transport of exotic species.” Capybaras, the world’s largest rodents, ...

An extended family of six adults and six children brought home more than just souvenirs from Costa Rica after touring a bat cave. The family that is spread across three states — Georgia ...

Tourists—can’t live with them, can’t live without them. They, and the money they spend here, account for close to 10% of the GDP in Costa Rica. If I had a dollar for every tourist I’ve dealt with over ...

In our late twenties we were supposed to move to Costa Rica for a year. That’s what we told everybody. Then that year stretched into another, and then we stopped thinking about going back. A couple of ...