A 55-year-old tourist from Holland,identified as Hank Sloot Beeks, diedSunday during a rafting trip on theSarapiquí River in north-central CostaRica.The cause of death has...
PUERTO VIEJO, Limón – Banco deCosta Rica inaugurated its newest branchlast weekend on the southern Caribbeancommunity of Puerto Viejo, ending thelongtime need for residents...
COSTA Rica’s Second Vice-President,Luis Fishman, presented his resignationto the Legislative Assembly yesterday,saying that the country is “going bad.”Fishman’s resignation comes afterthree years of having...
LAST year, more Ticos divorced eachother than married, and there were moredivorces than ever, following a trend of atleast the last four years.The Civil...
ESTIMATED damage costs for thewidespread Caribbean-slope floods earlierthis month exceed ¢34 billion ($94.4million) and are mounting rapidly,according to Luis Diego Morales, presidentof the National...
BRITISH citizen John Shimell wasfound guilty last week of fraud, but hoursafter a Costa Rican court announced thedecision, he was released from prison.The court...
ANGRY residents stood in front ofbackhoes nearly all night in the cloud forestchill and raised shovels to seal ditchesdug without their consent late last...
AFTER months of panic among foreignershere and abroad hoping to retire inCosta Rica, legislators have scrapped acontroversial proposal to increase themonthly income requirement for...
THE Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala IV) has ruled thatthe Department of Immigration can nolonger investigate marriages betweenCosta Rican citizens and foreigners whoseek...
