The warm thermal waters of La Fortuna invite you to relax and reconnect with nature.The relaxing hot springs, the connection with nature, and adventure await you in La Fortuna de San Carlos, as part of Thermal October. During the month of October, many tourism companies in the area offer discounts, […]
Monthly Archives: October 2024
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Electronic music lovers will kick off 2025 with a 10-hour continuous dose at the Convention Center in Heredia on January 10th.The ones responsible for the techno and progressive house set will be the international DJs Carl Cox and John Digweed: the former is known as the king of techno, and […]
During the last quarter of the year, the rains in most regions of Costa Rica are often overwhelming, particularly for gardeners. Even so, there are hardy plants that grow well in rainy conditions. Here’s one of my favorites: Called ayote in Spanish, Cucurbita maxima is the native pumpkin squash of […]
Picture a dusty afternoon in the center of one of Guanacaste’s many small towns. The pueblo’s annual patron saint festival is in full swing. Sabaneros, mounted proudly on meticulously bred and trained steeds lean sideways in their handcrafted, leather saddles, sipping warm beer. A small brass band with dented instruments […]
Authorities in El Salvador dismantled a migrant trafficking network destined for the United States on Saturday, which charged its victims between $13,000 and $16,000, the Attorney General’s Office reported. Members of the Attorney General’s Office, with the support of the National Civil Police, carried out a series of operations to […]
The Frente Amplio party has introduced a bill to increase workers’ vacation days. Currently, in Costa Rica, the Labor Code grants two weeks of vacation for every fifty weeks of continuous work with the same employer. The bill, titled the “Law for the Increase of Paid Vacation Days per Year”, […]
A package of legal reforms recently approved in Nicaragua is seen by experts and opponents as an attempt to “legitimize” the persecution of critics of President Daniel Ortega, both inside and outside the country. These reforms include changes to the Penal Code that allow for the prosecution of individuals who […]
In order to protect, restore, and revitalize the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Nicoya, a total of 1,050 coral fragments have been cultivated on Tortuga Island from June to September. The initiative, led by the State Distance University (UNED) Puntarenas branch and the Nautical Fishing Center of the National […]
The alleged murderer of environmentalist Juan López, who had been denouncing the pollution caused by an open-pit iron oxide mine in a nature reserve in Honduras, was captured this Friday along with an accomplice, authorities reported. The 46-year-old activist was shot dead on the night of September 14 after leaving […]
QCOSTARICA –The Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT) – Latin American University of Science and Technology – has achieved a historic milestone by being crowned, for the fourteenth consecutive year, as the best private university in Central America according to the prestigious QS Latin America University Rankings 2025. This […]