Costa Rica News

LA UNION, on the Costa Rica-Panama border The hills of Costa Rica are alive with the sounds of war drums: And Nicaragua had better take heed.

Costa Rican authorities say Nicaraguan Contra leader Eden Pastora has become an international suspect on charges he violated environmental laws when he led a dredging project in a river between the two Central American nations.

On Dec. 1, 1948 _ 65 years ago this month _ Jose Figueres, then president of Costa Rica, made a fiery and eloquent speech, after which he took a sledgehammer and bashed a hole in a huge stone wall at the nation's military headquarters, Cuartel Bellavista.

December 16th, 2013 President Laura Chinchilla received the " Twittera " of the Year Award by users of the Twitter social network in a San JosA© bar on Sunday.

December 16th, 2013 A suspect stole a police vehicle in the early morning hours of Saturday in downtown Puntarenas as officers were distracted while attempting to break up a fight.

The Costa Rican government says it has seized a jet carrying more than a ton of cocaine and it detained the two pilots from Guatemala.

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Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: 2014 Outlook: Central America and the Dominican RepublicSAN SALVADOR, December 16 The rating outlook for banks in Central America and Dominican Republic is stable, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.

Karl Denson 's Tiny Universe will take off after the New Year on a theater run supporting the impending release of "New Ammo."

The beginning of December is an exciting time in Costa Rica. Children get out of school for summer vacation, the four month long rainy season comes to an end, and it is the beginning of the season of Navidad.

The enduring ability to inspire wonder and awe, and to weather the rigors of time, Mother Nature and human politics these are the qualities that elevate an engineering feat to landmark status.

The mood was extremely upbeat last Sunday as the second edition of UNTITLED . drew to a close.

Costa Rica is celebrating its "second consecutive victory" in The Hague following the International Court of Justice's decision to reject Nicaragua's efforts to halt construction on the Tico highway paralleling the RA o San Juan.

Good-value real estate is still easy to find along Costa Ricas southern Pacific coast, reports InternationalLiving.coms Costa Rica editor, Jason Holland.

Chinese automaker BYD is preparing to launch its second-generation Qin plug-in electric hybrid in Costa Rica next year.

The Rainforest Rangers are committed to saving the Costa Rican Rainforests . Join them as they learn about the great green macaws .

"I have news for everybody, no, there is never going to be one agreement that solves climate [change]" says Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Tweet Hotel Indigo Enters Dsseldorf. IHG announced the opening of Hotel Indigo Dsseldorf Victoriaplatz, the third Hotel Indigo property in Germany.

This roughly 9-acre estate features a water slide, a putting green and a 12,000-square-foot main house.-Sarah Tilton Scott and Kathy McQueen of Boca Raton, Fla., paid $2.1 million for this compound in Costa Rica in 2003 after looking at five other properties.

How have events of the past year - namely the U.S. government shutdown, the NSA spying eruption and the conflict in Syria - helped shape the world's view of America? Associated Press reporters asked that question of people across the world.