Ileana Fernandez

Costa Rica captured global attention this week when The New York Times spotlighted the country’s “El Camino de Costa Rica” trail as an unmissable travel experience for 2024. The prominent feature cements the 174-mile route traversing jungles, beaches and peaks as a prime eco-adventure promising stunning vistas and cultural immersion. […]

Costa Rica has been crowned the best place to retire in 2024, according to the Annual Global Retirement Index published by International Living. The index, constructed from on-the-ground information and well-informed opinions, highlights Costa Rica’s allure as a “home away from home,” offering a perfect blend of natural beauty, pleasant […]

Richard Fifer, the former governor of Panama’s Cocle province, was arrested on Saturday by Costa Rican authorities at the Paso Canoas border crossing with Panama. Fifer was detained along with two other Panamanian citizens and a Costa Rican tour guide while allegedly trying to illegally cross the border using an […]

A unique new species of salamander has been discovered dwelling in Costa Rica’s mysterious high-altitude cloud forests, scientists announced this week. The salamander, named Bolitoglossa bolanosi, is a small long-limbed amphibian adapted to living under damp moss mats and bromeliads found in the country’s remote subalpine rainforest ecosystem known as […]

In anticipation of heightened highway volumes with schools on continued vacation, Costa Rican authorities have enacted temporary traffic measures for the month of January. A reversible lane system will be instituted on Route 27 leading to beach locales, while the license plate driving restriction returns to the capital city. According […]

The first meteor shower of 2024 in Costa Rica will grace the skies during the initial week of January. The Quadrantids will be visible, reaching their zenith and capable of generating up to 100 meteors per hour against the backdrop of a dark sky. While the prime opportunity to observe […]

The National Insurance Institute (INS) issued a stern reminder Monday that any drivers neglecting to pay 2024 road circulation taxes by New Year’s Eve midnight are now subject to steep penalties. Fines apply immediately, while ongoing failure to comply risks license plate confiscation. Authorities report nearly 500,000 vehicle owners still […]

Costa Rican legislators are urgently working to address the alarming proliferation of heavy firearms now circulating through criminal elements across the country. Members of the influential Security and Drug Trafficking Commission characterize current regulations around arms possession and use as dangerously weak. Legislators Gloria Navas and Gilberth Jiménez co-sponsored comprehensive […]

A legislative push is underway in Costa Rica to implement harsher punishments for online sexual offenses against children and adolescents. File 24.063 specifically confronts the alarming issue of sexual predators utilizing digital platforms and social media to exploit vulnerable youth. The multi-part proposal would refine Article 161 of the Penal […]

Costa Rica has sadly reached the grim milestone of 900 homicides in 2023. This represents an unprecedented figure in the country’s history, causing deep concern among both authorities and citizens. The Judicial Investigation Agency confirmed that early this morning, at approximately 12:10 a.m., a 33-year-old man named Acuña was fatally […]