Costa Rica News

In a letter to the Legislative Assembly's Environmental Commission calling on it to reject the bill, the tour operators assured that any change in the park's status would adversely affect Costa Rica's reputation as a country that for decades has balanced both social development and environmental conservation.

Based on a rise in organized criminal activity by foreigners and entry of "undesirables", the Direccion General de Migracion y Extanjeria has been busy to install a new electronic or digital system of entry to Costa Rica.

There is no denying that Costa Rica is a great escape from work, stress, cold weather, you name it, but now we are starting to see many clients looking to escape something different.

An update of the World Database of Happiness calculates Costa Rica is at the top of the list for quality of life in 148 countries, Dutch researchers say.

Christmas shopping in Costa Rica is a little different, the lay-away plan is a favourite for early shoppers to avoid the long lines as December approaches, fear of shortage of stock or lack of funds to pay before receiving the Aguinaldo.

THE FAMILY of a missing Salford-born journalist has flown out to Costa Rica to try and find him.

The Ministro de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Alvaro Gonzalez, is confident that the unemployment rate will drop in the coming months with the start of the holiday shopping season.

A British journalist has been missing in Costa Rica for more than 10 days. Missing Michael Dixon pictured on the Facebook site set up to help find him Michael Dixon was last seen at a hotel in Playa Tamarindo on the morning of Monday, October 19.

Lectures on equine lameness, neurologic disease and performance examinations will be offered in a tropical setting during the American Association of Equine Practitioners' 12th annual Resort Symposium Jan.

A recent study says that at least 10 of the 1.330 bridges that need urgent repairs are a ticking time bomb, waiting to be the next tragedy for Costa Ricans to mourn.

The figures by the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones reveals that more Nicaraguan men are more likely to marry Costa Rican women than Nicaraguan women to marry Costa Rican men when the arrive in Costa Rica, with a total of 12.515 Nicaraguan men marrying "ticas", while only 934 Nicaraguan women married "ticos" between 1950 and 2009.

Costa Rica's coffee production in the new 2009-10 crop cycle, for which harvesting has recently started in the lower altitudes, is forecast to rise 7.2% to 1,706,773 bags of 60 kilogram each, the Instituto del Cafe de Costa Rica - official Costa Rican Coffee Council, said earlier this week.

Investigator and business advisor, Cody L. Gear, sheds light on potential problems in Costa Rica if not done correctly.

October and November, is usually the rainiest in Costa Rica but this year it has proven otherwise.With the dry conditions, tourist are in heaven but the farmers are suffering from crop loss. Events around Costa Rica for the next two months

Real Estate Weekly: What is the latest news on the Jaco Beach Costa Rica Wyndham development? Everything is moving along very well, we are going to do some meet and greet and marketing in Las Vegas at the annual AARP convention next week.

An interview with Costa Rica's ministro de Turismo , Carlos Ricardo Benavides, who says that tourism in Costa Rica, like the rest of the world, has dropped a little bit and still focusing on the US market.

Costa Rica's Public Works and Transportation Minister Karla Gonzalez resigned on Monday after being criticized for failing to assume responsibility for last week's accident in which five people were killed.

Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica.

The Banco Central de Costa Rica - Central Bank - says the Costa Rican economy is recuperating from the economic crisis of the past year, however, unemployment continues to be a stickler.

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo meets with visiting Costa Rican Legislative Assembly President Francisco Antonio Pacheco in Beijing, Oct.