In Cahuita on the remote Talamanca Coast, a cooking lesson reveals the fortitude of the local Afro-Caribbean community, whose ...

Costa Rica hosts the 2026 K-POP World Festival national final May 30 at UCR's Aula Magna in San José. Free entry, Korean ...

Central America does not suffer from a lack of regional challenges. It suffers from a shortage of regional decisions.

Live-streaming from Costa Rica since 2021, a retired band member of The Crystal Method and his wife, celebrate 5 years ...

Leading newspaper La Nación calls US’s barring of board members ‘indirect attack on press freedom’ The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa ...

SAN JOSE, March 20 (Reuters) - Costa Rica on Friday extradited former top judge and security minister Celso Gamboa to the United States, where he is wanted on charges of international drug trafficking ...

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's communist government to pull its diplomats from San José. "We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere," Costa Rican ...

In an abrupt and unexpected gesture, the government of Costa Rica announced Wednesday the closure of its embassy in Havana and told Cuban diplomats to leave San José, the country’s capital, citing the ...

LIKES BUTTAH: The Croissanterie is restaurateur Capi Peck’s favorite breakfast spot in town. Credit: Sara Reeves In September, Trio’s owners and founders Capi Peck and her partner, Brent Peterson, ...

From my balcony, all I could see was green: massive banana leaves, moss-covered tree trunks, and green-throated birds soaring overhead. I had just arrived at Origins Astral, a new luxury lodge located ...

Costa Ricans have elected conservative populist Laura Fernández as their next president, according to preliminary results, making her the latest right-leaning leader to win office in Latin America.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Laura Fernández won Costa Rica’s presidency with 48.3% of the vote, avoiding a runoff and pledging to continue her ...