Costa Rica News

The Correos de Costa Rica is now offering an online store for stamp collectors. Currently Correos offers only 15 products from 2008 and 2009, featuring stamps with themes such as child literature, Hogares Crea, dolphins, whales and churches of Costa Rica.

The Seattle Sounders FC signed Costa Rican defender Leonardo Gonzalez, pending receipt of his P-1 work permit and International Clearance, it was announced on Thursday.

Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya said Wednesday he will not return to his home country until at least Saturday, after a three-day international deadline to reinstate him.

A well established luxury travel agency located in Costa Rica is offering free domestic flights on SANSA Regional airlines from any beach destination to either of the country's two international airports, in order to encourage clients to take advantage of one more day in the sun.

By Lynn Farris, Examiner.com The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal who died in childbirth giving birth to the Emperor's 14th child.

Salvadorian President Mauricio Funes said here Monday he had ordered the closure of Salvador's embassy in Honduras to show his solidarity with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

In July 2005, Costa Rica passed an immigration reform act to serve as a key instrument for fighting corruption and regularizing the status of a growing migrant population.

University of Colorado student David Levine, foreground, listens as Cindy Kraft, left, assistant director of study abroad, explains financial aid options for programs during an information session Wednesday.

A high-ranking official says that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica following his detention by soldiers in his homeland.

After receiving numerous inquiries on how to best select a private investigator in Costa Rica, this article was written to assist those who are seeking such services.

LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN CURSHEN, a stock promoter based in San Jose, Costa Rica, pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to provide secret bribes to stock brokers in order to induce the brokers to purchase a particular stock on behalf of their clients.

Illinois' former first lady won't be queen of the jungle. Patti Blagojevich was voted off NBC's reality series "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" on Tuesday.

A 26-year-old man from Ashkelon has been murdered in Jaco, Costa Rica, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday.

Officials with the First United Methodist Church in New Albany said a member of a youth group went missing over the weekend during a visit to Costa Rica.

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Politics is hardly ever boring. Central American countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua - are experiencing significant changes.

The term of office of U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Peter Cianchette has ended and he says he's looking forward to returning to his home state of Maine.

Leonardo DiCaprio has set his sights on uncovering the world of illegal online gambling in sunny Costa Rica in his next unnamed Paramount Pictures flick, which is currently stirring up lots of media coverage and questions of " why? ". With screenplay writers Brian Koppelmann and David Levien of Rounders and Oceans Thirteen fame on his team and ...

Costa Rican employers continued with their determination on Tuesday to veto the right of their employees to join a union, even in the face of possible Labor Code reforms.

China pressed Costa Rica on Monday for a wider opening of its market in a third round of talks towards a free trade treaty which negotiators aim to complete this year, officials said.