The most violent city in the study was Fortaleza, capital of Ceara state in the impoverished northeast, where there were 1,989 killings and a rate of 77 murders for every 100,000 people.
Noe Mar McGonagle ripped off an impressive 9.27 ride at the World Surf League's Allianz Billabong Pro Cascais on Wednesday to win his heat and advance to the second round of the tournament.
The highest tides of the year along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast flooded hundreds of homes in the early hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly in Puntarenas province.
Exports to China grew by an annual average of 7.6 percent between 2004 to 2014. Last year exports reached a total of $338.3 million, according to Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Ministry.
Robert Isenberg offers the reader a kaleidoscopic view of Costa Rica. He takes them on unusual museum visits, participates in drunken carnivals, tears down the dusty veneers of once-proud cities like Puerto Limón, speaks to young women who have been physically abused and, like most U.S. youths who visit Costa Rica, takes the required surfing lessons.
Little by little, Costa Rican football is getting its groove back. First it was the needed win over Uruguay earlier this month at home. And now its the arrival of new blue uniforms that the men's national team will wear on Oct. 8 against South Africa.
