San Jose, Costa Rica News

As I've previously noted on this site, U.S. Embassies apparently exist solely to help the interests of America-haters and give them an opportunity for visas to the U.S. Now, President Obama's hand-picked U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, "Dumbassador" Anne Andrews, has enlisted her U.S. Embassy employees in this ridiculous music video to encourage ... (more)

Trinidad and Tobago has become UNWTO's 156th Member State as the country rejoins the Organization after 35 years.

Bateman student Bochen Han a Global Citizen. Robert Bateman High School student Bochen Han is pictured with two other EF Global Citizens and former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore.

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando is hosting a seminar May 10 on doing business with Costa Rica at the National Entrepreneur Center in Orlando.

Mr. Marco Garduno Chavez, Director, announced today that the Company has entered into an additional Agreement with Macau Live Gaming, S.A., Costa Rica, to acquire the remaining 30% of the shares of Macau , a development which is anticipated to bring new revenue streams to Sino, and enhance its stated policy of acquiring real estate properties and ... (more)

Playing fetch has always a good way to exercise, but if that gets tiresome there is always another form of working out... Doga.

Atlas One Financial Group LLC of Miami is the latest financial institution in the region to get fined for allegedly failing to establish and implement adequate anti-money laundering programs and other supervisory systems to detect suspicious transactions.

San Jose, Costa Rica, May 7, 2013 / 12:07 pm .- A pro-life association in Costa Rica has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the plight of babies with anencephaly, who are often used to justify calls for the legalization of abortion in Latin America.

San Jose, Costa Rica a President Barack Obama on Saturday completed a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica and now returns to Washington with hopes of finishing what could become the biggest accomplishment of his second term: an overhaul of immigration laws.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - President Barack Obama says the idea that an American filmmaker detained by Venezuela's government is a spy is, in his words, "ridiculous." Thirty-five-year-old Timothy Tracy, of West Hollywood, California, was formally charged last week with crimes including conspiracy, association for criminal purposes and use of a false ... (more)

Niall Ferguson, a Harvard history professor and author, is apologizing for saying economist John Maynard Keynes didn't care about the future because he was gay and had no children.

Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Moscow in order to discuss President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons President Barack Obama responds to a question about the ongoing situation in Syria during a news conference in San Jose, Costa Rica.

An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday.

Kashmiri Muslims pray as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, during special prayers on the death anniversary of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar.

President Barack Obama and Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla visit with a group of students upon his arrival to the foreign ministry, Casa Amarilla, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, May 3, 2013.

President Barack Obama laughs as he greets people in the audience after speaking at the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, May 3, 2013.

Cities around the world were flooded Wednesday with May Day protesters voicing demands for fair pay and better working conditions -- but one protest in San Jose, Costa Rica, got very personal.

NASA Earth science researchers traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly a Dragon Eye unmanned aerial vehicle -- a small electric aircraft equipped with cameras and sensors -- into the volcano's sulfur dioxide plume and over its summit crater, to study Turrialba's chemical environment.

April 26th, 2013 Immigration police have dismantled a criminal group that was charging $15,000 each to illegal Dominican immigrants, in order to sneak them into the country and provide false naturalization through phony marriages.

April 26th, 2013 Costa Rican authorities admit that they have been monitoring the financial accounts of various individuals and businesses for the last several years, on suspicion of money laundering.