Costa Rica July 2025 – As sun-seeking Americans and Canadians search for their next slice of paradise, Costa Rica’s Papagayo Peninsula has emerged as the hottest second-home destination since Cabo San Lucas hit its stride over a decade ago. Darren Throop—a former entertainment executive who sold his company to Hasbro […]
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Costa Rica, July 2025 – When surf, cinema and “Pura Vida” collide, you get a tidal wave of excitement—and that’s exactly what happened on May 31, 2025, at Jacó’s iconic Surfer House. The inaugural Costa Rica Surf Film Festival, presented by Rip Curl under the banner Surfing República, crowned Pura […]
Costa Rica, July 2025 – In a country renowned for its lush rainforests and “Pura Vida” ethos, a chilling story of betrayal and courage has burst into the spotlight. “El Monaguillo, el Cura y el Jardinero” (“The Altar Boy, the Priest and the Gardener”), directed by Juan Manuel Fernández Escoto, […]
Costa Rica, June 2025 – On Wednesday, Costa Rica vaulted into the fast lane of U.S. immigration when Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and President Rodrigo Chaves inked the long-awaited Global Entry agreement at Casa Presidencial. This landmark moment promises to turbocharge tourism—one of Costa Rica’s economic lifelines—by granting […]
Costa Rica, June 2025 – Costa Rica may be known for its “Pura Vida” lifestyle, but in 2024 it also earned a spot among the world’s top 30 most earthquake-active nations. According to a May report from Ranking Royals—drawing on data from earthquakelist.org, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and […]
World News, June 30, 2025 – In a revealing snapshot of the nation’s psychological pulse, a 2020 Pew Research Center survey found that white adults identifying as liberal report markedly higher rates of professional mental health diagnoses than their moderate or conservative peers. Nowhere is this more striking than among […]
Costa Rica, June 2025 – Get ready, padres y madres: this July, the National Insurance Institute’s (INS) Jade and Pre-Columbian Culture Museum transforms into a playground of ancient wonders—completely free for kiddos! From July 5th through July 20th, pint-sized explorers can dive into Costa Rica’s millennia-old traditions through five action-packed […]
Costa Rica, June 2025 – The United States men’s national soccer team (USMNT) booked its 17th straight Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal berth after a pulsating quarterfinal in which goalkeeper Matt Freese emerged as the unlikely hero. With regulation and extra time ending in a 2-2 deadlock at U.S. Bank Stadium, […]
Montreal, June 2025 — The cold streets of Montreal just got a tropical makeover as Costa Rica rolled out its vibrant debut at the 13th annual MURAL Festival. In a bold bid to capture the hearts—and passports—of Canadian travelers, the Tourism Institute of Costa Rica (ICT) enlisted local artist Sebastián […]
In a dramatic turn fit for a telenovela, judicial agents from Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) swooped in on Wednesday to arrest a prominent Tico male identified as Arias-Alfaro, acting on an international arrest warrant issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. The sting, orchestrated in coordination with the […]