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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 […]

The Government of Costa Rica has issued a formal statement through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing its vehement objection to the arrest warrant issued by Russia against the Costa Rican citizen, Sergio Ugalde Godínez, a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In an official statement, the Costa Rican […]

This Friday morning, fifteen fuel tankers from Costa Rica crossed into Panama, as reported by local media. This event unfolded against the backdrop of a severe fuel and goods shortage in the neighboring nation, attributed to ongoing protests featuring street blockades over the past three weeks. The protests were ignited […]

It’s teeny tiny. It’s hyperactive. It’s Alfaro’s pygmy squirrel. I have been crashing through Costa Rica’s underbrush attaching cameras to trees for several years now. In the beginning, I frequently hooted with joy as I laid my eyes upon a new species that I had never recorded before. As time […]

Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves, who initially enjoyed a 70.10% approval rating for his performance just a month into his term in June 2022, has seen a significant decline in public perception. According to the latest national survey conducted by the Development Observatory Research Center (CIOdD) at the University of […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) announced on Wednesday the first confirmed case of lung damage associated with the use of electronic cigarettes or vaping within Costa Rica. The case revolves around a 16-year-old young man who had been secretly vaping daily for three months, unbeknownst to his parents. […]

A groundbreaking project that leverages artificial intelligence and eco-acoustics has emerged as a vital tool for safeguarding and monitoring the Green Macaw population in Costa Rica. It will use 113 specialized devices known as “audiomoths” strategically deployed across an expansive territory spanning nearly 11,000 square kilometers, this initiative aims to […]