Two former ministers of former President and presidential hopeful Ricardo Martinelli were sentenced to prison for corruption and money laundering, in a case that also splashes two of the former president’s sons. Judge Baloisa Marquínez handed down eight convictions, including one for Public Works Minister Federico Suárez during Martinelli’s administration […]
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In an exciting development for our nation’s tourism industry, Costa Rica Tourism has announced its partnership with the iconic Cirque du Soleil as the official tourism sponsor of their newest production, ECHO. This extraordinary collaboration celebrates Cirque du Soleil’s 20th traveling Big Top show and provides a captivating platform to […]
The roadblocks initiated 25 days ago in Panama against a controversial mining contract have caused losses of 1.7 billion dollars, the country’s main business association said on Tuesday. The protests, which have caused at least four deaths – two shot by a Panamanian American at a roadblock – erupted on […]
The Canadian-US magazine VICE’s recently published a report on Costa Rica’s pineapple industry and its environmental and health impact. VICE’s recent encounter with the agricultural community of Juanilama sheds light on the devastating effects of large-scale pineapple production, exposing a narrative far removed from the idyllic holiday imagery. Accompanied by […]
President Rodrigo Chaves has announced that there is substantial interest from multiple investors in establishing a oil refinery in Limón, with the aim of creating jobs and reducing fuel costs in Costa Rica. Chaves emphasized that this initiative is among the “major projects” underway for the Caribbean province. He confirmed […]
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) confirmed on Monday a 70% chance of a weather phenomenon forming in the Caribbean Sea developing into a tropical cyclone. The disturbance, located near the coast of Costa Rica, is expected to bring rainfall impacts across Central America throughout the week. According to the […]
Travel & Leisure magazine recently featured the “El Camino de Costa Rica” hiking trail in its latest publication, shedding light on this remarkable expedition. Starting from the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica (Atlántic), adventurers can initiate their journey in either the quaint town of Parismina or the community of Barra […]
More than 270,000 residents in the cantons of San Rafael, Heredia, Flores, Barba, and Belén endure annual hardships caused by heavy rains and decades of suboptimal urban planning in the Quebrada Seca Río Burío river basin, spanning these five cantons. In this densely populated area, the German government-supported research group […]
Raised on vertical farms and stuffed with fruit waste, fly larvae have become animal feed and the pillar of a circular economy venture in Costa Rica. In the agricultural town of Guápiles, 60 km north of the capital San José, an innovative company put the flies that swarmed crops to […]
We did it. My wife and I quit our jobs, U-hauled all of our belongings to my parent’s barn, rented out our little house, and moved to Costa Rica. We were about a week or two into our new tropical lives when we decided to get in our overly-expensive, not […]