The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) has moved decisively in the case that shocked both expat and local communities: the murder of Eshraghollah “Eshra” Vatani, a 71-year-old U.S. citizen and Dallas-based civil engineer found dead in Cartago after vanishing in late May. In coordinated operations this week, agents detained two adults […]
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If you felt the ground tremble slightly on July 22, that wasn’t tectonic activity—it was the internet reacting to Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly landing in Costa Rica with their infant daughter, Saga Blade. The on-again, off-again pair were photographed at Liberia International Airport (LIR) in Guanacaste on what […]
Costa Rica has made it official: if your job lives online and your heart lives somewhere between surf breaks and sloth sanctuaries, you can have both. The country’s Digital Nomad Visa (technically, the non-resident stay—Estancia—for Remote Workers and Service Providers) lets qualified remote professionals live legally in Costa Rica for […]
More than 15 tour operators from the Central Valley and the general public learned about new tourist attractions in Central Limón and surrounding areas from July 31st to August 1st and 2nd at Expo Turismo 2025 in Puerto Limón. This initiative takes place in conjunction with the start of the […]
To put it in perspective, Costa Rica—with 5.3 million inhabitants—represents just 26% of Chile’s population (20 million), 15% of Peru’s (34 million), 10% of Colombia’s (53 million), and just 0.4% of Mexico’s (131 million), the other members of the Pacific Alliance. With these proportions, it would emerge as the smallest […]
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup draws into focus, Costa Rica find themselves at a pivotal crossroads: one step away from a fourth consecutive World Cup berth. Staring down a qualifying group featuring Honduras, Haiti, and Nicaragua. The odds, driven by a decade of unbroken superiority, suggest a near inevitability […]
Fátima enjoys playing, painting, wearing dresses, and doing her hair; she also loves ice cream. José Ignacio enjoys trips to the beach, flying, eating good food, and reading. They, along with their mother, Susana, and father, Pablo, have been part of the Jiménez Ureña family for three years. Susana Ureña […]
Q COSTA RICA — On July 29, Costa Rica joined five other Latin American nations (Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay) and more than 40 countries and international organizations in adopting the definition of antisemitism, which is a form of prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against Jews. The International Holocaust […]
Q COSTARICA — Residents and activists in Santa Ana held a grand celebration Tuesday night after the City Council unanimously approved a modification to the Regulatory Plan that limits the land uses of the Lorne Ross Urban Natural Park to those defined in the Management Plan approved by the National […]
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves kept the public guessing about whether he would step down from his presidency until the very last moment when he revealed that he would not. Despite speculation about his potential candidacy as a legislator in the 2026 elections, Chaves had actually made […]