Costa Rica celebrates Juan Santamaría Day
Costa Rica, lacking an army since 1948, doesn’t have many war heroes. The most notable exception is Juan Santamaría, a poor drummer boy from Alajuela. Celebrated …
‘La Sele’ draws Nicaragua, Haiti and Bermuda in Gold Cup group
Costa Rica’s men’s national soccer team will open its 2019 Gold Cup campaign against Nicaragua at the National Stadium in La Sabana on June 16. …
Vaso Lleno hosting event for sexual abuse survivors
Click:Solution to the drum problem of high speed printing press Earlier this year, Cris Gomar, the founder of the Vaso Lleno social outreach initiative, created a …
Buying a Property in Costa Rica – Things to Remember
Buying a property in Costa Rica — 5 things you may not have thought of There are a thousand reasons expats love Costa Rica: from …
Face-to-face with a sea turtle at Caño Island
Ten miles off the Osa Peninsula, the waters surrounding Caño Island contain one of the most extensive coral reef formations in Costa Rica. Accessible via …
Opinion: Cutting Northern Triangle foreign assistance, a shot in the foot
This week, President Trump precipitously cut U.S. foreign assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. This is a mistake, plain …
Costa Rica to face Peru in Gold Cup warmup
Peru’s men’s national soccer team will host Costa Rica on June 5 in Lima, nine days before the start of the Copa América in Brazil, …
Trip Report: Flying domestic airlines in Costa Rica
TAMBÓR, Puntarenas — Instead of long check-in or security lines, two iguanas watched me carefully, asserting dominance by nodding their heads. Since NatureAir ceased flights …
Pic of the Day: Capuchin monkeys find snake in tree
For a significant portion of our recent Deep Dive to the Southern Zone, I felt as if I had been inserted into the “Planet Earth” …
Gustico offers flavors, sights and sounds of rural Costa Rica
From piping hot pejibayes to all-natural face scrubs, from family-owned B&Bs to unique works of art, the Feria Gustico provides a way for and tourists …