NATIONAL flags are a source of pride for the citizens of any country. But many of them have the same shape: rectangular. However, the flag of this mountainous South Asian country defies the trend.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... COMMENTARY Costa Rica is a longstanding democratic model in the hemisphere — but is its controversial president poised to adopt the dictatorial methods ...

Pura Vida! Costa Rica’s national anthem, officially titled “Noble Patria, tu hermosa bandera” (“Noble Homeland, your beautiful flag”), is a proud symbol of the country’s rich history, sovereignty, and ...

The Puerto Rican flag laid out before him shines; its brilliant blue is defiant and captivating. "They killed people for waving the flag," Bad Bunny sings in "LA MuDANZA." But there's such joy in the ...

To date, the visualizer for the smash lead single "Nuevayol" has received some 58 million views -- it's centered on the creation of the first Puerto Rican flag -- and there are 16 more visualizers ...

Costa Rica’s top law enforcement official toured El Salvador’s notorious “mega prison” in a desperate search for answers to the bloody migrant gang war that has seen murder rates spike in ...

Don McDougall from Okotoks, Alta., says a jade amulet from Costa Rica had been with them for more than 50 years. “In 1971, my parent sponsored an exchange student from Costa Rica,” explained ...

Costa Rica’s top health official has launched an investigation into the luxury resort where former Yankee Brett Gardner’s teen son died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.

Former Costa Rica president Óscar Arias Sánchez – a Nobel Peace Prize winner – had his U.S. visa revoked by President Trump's U.S. State Department this week. Arias Sánchez, 84, said in an interview ...