While much of tourism in Costa Rica may be centered on stunning beaches or rainforest fauna, in this charming town the draw ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves took another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation ...

Living in Costa Rica, you feel how deeply Semana Santa ... We use colones, but dollars are fine—just bring small bills for markets. An Airalo eSIM keeps you online with 4G for maps. If trouble hits, ...

It’s rich Pre-Colombian history, the Mayan empire, Christopher Colombus landing at Trujillo in 1502 on his fourth voyage to ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets ...

During the March span, the AVIRIS-3 team mapped at least 13 wildfires and prescribed burns, as well as dozens of small hot spots ... parts of Panama and Costa Rica, and they have continued ...

As soon as the first ever flowers unfurled from their buds in the early Cretaceous period, they were visited by pollinators.

The World Bank and PwC report envisions drones as transformative tools for Haiti’s development, offering innovative solutions ...

In contrast, the state officer team of 1999-00 was significantly spread out in terms of where they attended college. Meyer ...

A sharp reduction in funding has forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners to slash support to thousands of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum-seekers in Costa Rica.

Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of Danish slave ships missing for ...