The head of President Oscar Arias’ environmental program Peace With Nature has asked the president to declare a moratorium on open-pit mining following recent...
Just a few centuries ago, a vast forest stretched along the Pacific coast, beginning in southern Mexico and rolling into Costa Rica.
Coyote, deer and...
A high official in Costa Rica’s Department of Intelligence and Security (DIS) was temporarily dismissed last week on suspicion of swiping online banking information...
ESTERILLOS, Puntarenas – This central Pacific community recently sent four surfers to a competition in Hossegor, France.
Now the town is taking it a step...
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court this week annulled a 2004 government decree authorizing the logging of coastal forests for eco-tourism projects.
The decree...
The Health Ministry ordered the Spanish hotel chain Riu to stop construction on a partially completed, 701-room hotel due to the poor sanitary conditions...
President Oscar Arias traveled to an international conference this week in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Qatar.
He will join representatives of about 70 countries...
