Costa Rica began transferring its first high-risk inmates to the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), a new maximum-security prison in Alajuela Province, on Tuesday, with the ...

According to the Public Security Ministry (MSP), the operation began Sunday after a JIATFS surveillance aircraft detected a suspicious 34-foot go-fast vessel about 67 nautical miles off Matapalo ...

Costa Rica began a $13.4 million modernization project Monday at La Managua Local Airport in Quepos Canton, Puntarenas Province, aimed at improving airport infrastructure, operational safety and ...

The embassy's alert follows a report from the MS about an investigation launched last week into the outbreak. Of the approximately 66 suspected cases affecting hospital workers, two have been ...

Halloween may not be a traditional holiday in Costa Rica the way it is in the United States, but this small Central American country has no shortage of ghostly legends, sinister spirits, and ...

The El Niño phase of the Southern Oscillation cycles about every four years, but cycles of two to seven years have been demonstrated. The second part of the phase, known as the ENSO (El Niño/La ...

The National Emergency Commission (CNE) has issued yellow, orange and red alerts for parts of the country ahead of an expected drought during the upcoming dry season, also known locally as the ...

These Jack-o’-lantern sandwich cookies are such a fun twist on the classic Halloween pumpkin. They have that iconic carved-pumpkin look, but there’s no need for knives, pumpkin guts, or a messy ...

Some things on Costa Rica’s dark country roads are better left unseen. October brings more than cool breezes and longer, darker nights. It awakens something ...

Costa Rica is promoting its well-known “Pura Vida” motto in Mexico as part of an effort to attract more tourists, the Tourism Institute (ICT) announced. The campaign aims to strengthen the “Pura ...

Costa Rican authorities destroyed more than 9,300 firearms Monday as part of efforts to keep illegal weapons out of circulation and ensure that law enforcement officers use properly functioning ...