Costa Rica News

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here Tuesday.

Airline Avianca-Taca said on Tuesday that the cancellation of five routes to and from Costa Rica will affect some 50,000 passengers who will have to be re-routed or given refunds if they prefer.

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.

However, the heavy reliance on imported medicine in the region provides revenuegenerating opportunities for generic drugmakers from neighbouring Latin American countries and India.

A Vancouver man residing in Costa Rica who was shot to death by intruders last week lived a lavish lifestyle, according to a private investigator.

A Canadian has been killed in Costa Rica in an apparent home invasion, but the government is releasing few other details on the matter.

Your tax dollars at work - producing goofy videos at US embassies. Ambassador Anne Andrew , U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, and her U.S. Embassy staff put together this goofy music video to encourage Costa Rican's to get more visas to the US.

A trail of blood is seen at the Kirkland Heights house of Keith Clarke, who was killed by the security forces on May 27, 2010.

This summer around 20 students are working in Costa Rica's northern rain forest region.

Joseph Mikrut, a graphic designer and one of the owners of Anamaya Yoga Resort in Montezuma, Costa Rica, has finished constructing what may very well be the world's first treehouse shaped in the form of an icosahedron .

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)

Lying naked, handcuffed and shot in the head after a night of partying, girls and expensive cars is not likely the glamorous end that Canadian national Brad Deering, a.k.a. Brat Pering had in mind.

Revelations that Costa Rica's president used the jet of a Colombian with alleged links to drugs trafficking have led to three high-profile resignations.

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

May 15th, 2013 Chinese president Xi Jinping could visit Costa Rica in June as part of a tour of Latin America that could also include visits to Venezuela and Mexico, according to information from Casa Presidencial.

Florblanca Resort in Costa Rica Wins Cond © Nast Traveller Award for World's Best Spa - Best for Beach Action Spa Bambu was designed by San Jose architect Jean Garnier and is suspended over peaceful waterfall filled pools, shaded by natural flora, and is uniquely constructed from natural bamboo.Guests spending time learning to surf will ... (more)

During the early May summit in San Jose with U.S. President Barack Obama and the presidents of Central America and the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica focused much of its efforts on bilateral energy initiatives.

Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla came under pressure on Tuesday after the government admitted she had used a private jet owned by a foreign oil company, prompting an investigation by the attorney general's office.

As I sit down to write I realize that, for once, I don't know what to write or where to start.