Monteverde cheese, produced and packaged in that same cloud forest area of Costa Rica, is cheaper across the board in Panama than here. As all who have lived here for any period of time are aware, ...

It’s true that short nonstop flights between the U.S. and Ecuador aren’t easy to come by — the four-plus-hour flights from ...

The rise in wildlife trafficking is casting a shadow over Costa Rica’s tourism industry, which relies heavily on its reputation as a biodiversity hotspot. In 2024, tourism generated $5.4 billion, ...

In all, they identified 53 species of bats, hundreds of birds, including five of the six toucan species living in Costa Rica, dozens of mammals, and a plethora of insects. Students used the data they ...

Enter Costa Rica and you’ll soon hear the country’s most crucial phrase: ‘pura vida’. The national motto, which translates as ‘pure life’ (but is employed for everything from thanks to ...

Former DA Kim Ogg reveals one suspect in Jocelyn Nungaray's murder is also accused of raping an American woman in Costa Rica, raising concerns about past crimes.

Travel + Leisure was the first to check in at the new Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Punta Cacique, which recently opened with 148 guest rooms and 40 suites, a network of cascading pools, and six ...

A man believed to be living in the Costa del Sol is wanted in connection with investigations into an £8m drug supply plot. Andrew Doran, 41, is wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in ...

UNHCR’s operation in Costa Rica centers around the displacement caused by situations in the North of Central America, Nicaragua and Venezuela. In 2020, Costa Rica hosted 121,983 people of concern, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Three new Pleurothallis orchid species endemic to Costa Rica and Panama have been identified in the Talamanca cloud forests at 1400–2550 m elevation.

Retirement in the Bahamas may be worth considering for high-net-worth individuals who hate paying taxes on income and capital ...