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“It's outrageous that companies like Burger King make commercials using the promotion of killings in this country”

The Burger King is safe, at least in Costa Rica. Government officials said Friday they have banned commercials for the hamburger chain that depict mothers trying to run over company's plastic-headed signature ... via North Port Sun

“Today's debate can mark the moment when the world community looks out at the suffering, the grief, and the cost of road injuries and decides to begin to end it.”

The United Nations must take urgent steps to address the world's growing road deaths crisis, Nobel Peace Prize winners have said. via RTE

During our week in Costa Rica we saw capuchin monkeys every day and howler monkeys a couple of times, but we only saw this fellow, a spider monkey, once.

Prostitution is legal in the online gambling Mecca of Costa Rica. In fact, it has become one of the biggest employers of attractive women of all ages... and some who are not so attractive.

The presidents of five the Central American nations met in San Jose Wednesday to seek a common position for the next round of negotiations with the European Union .

Located near the well known Arenal Volcano and thanks to the help of photos taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration back in 2005, Costa Rican geologists have discovered a new volcano.

Come Monday workers of the the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad and the Junta de Administracion Portuaria y de Desarrollo Economico de la Vertiente Atlantica , joined by a number of teachers, will take ...

Farmers in the mountains of Costa Rica found a Chilean air force plane that disappeared during World War II while flying from Texas to Chile.

The American Jewish Committee is dismayed by the decision of Costa Rica to establish diplomatic relations with the "State of Palestine." "The timing of this decision is both odd and painful," said AJC Executive ...

Former Costa Rican president, Jose Maria Figueres Olsen , was granted citizenship by Spain, a member of the European Union, according to a statement by the Consejo de Ministros de Espana.

Semana Santa or Easter Week is just around the corner and the tradition in Costa Rica is to head for the beaches and mountains.

U.S. and Tico dentists bring skills and hope to Talamanca By Helen Thompson of the A.M. Costa Rica staff An American dentist and his Tico colleague who bring free dental care to some of Costa Rica's most ...

The Pan-American Health Organization has chosen the Hospital Nacional de Ninos for its pilot program, hoping to implement it in other Latin American countries if the Costa Rican program is successful.

While you may not naturally associate pig feces with 'clean' energy, the Lapa Rios Ecolodge in Costa Rica manages to makes pig poo power seem smart, sexy and super sustainable with their environmentally ...

The British heavy metal ban Iron Maiden announced their visit to Costa Rica for the first as part of a massive 21 city tour that kicks off in India and ends in Canada.

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Wednesday praised China for being the most successful economy worldwide in the past 25 years.

British biologists are studying a Costa Rican leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer, to save it from extinction and learn how to care for it in zoos and aquariums.

Costa Rica's recent referendum was supposed to decide once and for all whether that country should enter into the Central American Free Trade Agreement .

China lavished praise on Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on Wednesday on his first visit to Beijing since he switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan.

Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, arrived in China Monday morning , kicking off an one-week state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao.