San Jose, Costa Rica News

The hotels will be located in key cities and towns that have established commercial and industrial infrastructure and will help meet the growing demand for quality accommodation across Brazil.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around midday Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla at the National Center for Art and Culture in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, May 3, 2013.

In this Sunday, June 2, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and his wife Peng Liyuan wave to reporters upon their arrival to San Jose, Costa Rica.

In this Sunday, June 2, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and his wife Peng Liyuan wave to reporters upon their arrival to San Jose, Costa Rica.

DOCTORS have performed a C-section on a chronically ill Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high risk pregnancy.

China's President Xi Jinping, left, stands with Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla before giving a joint press conference at the presidential house in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, June 3, 2013.

China's President Xi Jinping , stands with Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla before giving a joint press conference at the presidential house in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Monday, June 3, 2013.

China-Costa Rica relations have developed rapidly and born rich fruit since the two countries established diplomatic ties six years ago, Chinese ambassador Song Yanbin said in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Relations between Costa Rica and China have brought concrete benefits to Costa Ricans, so the Central American country's ties with the Asian nation are important, says former President Oscar Arias Sanchez.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Authorities say that an environmentalist who worked to protect leatherback turtles on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast has been found dead on a beach used by drug traffickers.

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San Jose, Costa Rica, the highest human rights court in the Americas , handed down Thursday a decision ordering the government of El Salvador to provide Beatriz with life-saving care.

A woman walks towards the entrance to Residencial Las Terrazas in the mountains near Santa Ana, Costa Rica, Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, addresses a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica The founder of the Liberty Reserve digital currency business has been arrested in Spain on money-laundering charges, Costa Rican authorities said.

May 27th, 2013 An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook southern Costa Rica this morning.

The shifting of your individual and cultural identity is inevitable when you are an immigrant.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Scientists say one of Costa Rica's largest volcanos is spewing clouds of ash and gas, setting off a small-scale evacuation.

Expat enclaves dot Costa Rica like so many fireflies on a dusky summer lawn, and right in the middle of all of them sits Central Valley and the country's capital, San Jose.