Trailblazing California surfer-turned-entrepreneur Kurt Van Dyke was murdered the morning of Saturday, February 14, during a violent home invasion at his Costa Rican residence, Us Weekly has learned.

A well-known California surfer turned businessman was reportedly killed by intruders in his Costa Rican home over the weekend ...

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

Samuel Rojas Fernández is a law school student at the University of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is often presented as a global model of environmental success. Almost all of its electricity comes from ...

When you visit Costa Rica, you may be looking for destinations and attractions to visit. Should you go to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica or Pacific side, visit the cloud forest or do it all? Maybe ...

Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.

Rightwing populist elected in landslide after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to cocaine trade The rightwing populist Laura Fernández has won Costa Rica’s presidential election in a ...

Right-wing candidate Laura Fernandez has declared victory in Costa Rica’s presidential election after preliminary results gave her a commanding lead and her closest challenger conceded defeat. The ...

Voters to choose president and 57 members of congress, with current president’s hardline pick Laura Fernández expected to win first round Costa Rica heads to the polls on Sunday in an election ...

Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential race, with early results also pointing to her ruling party securing a majority in an election overshadowed by crime ...

The ruling party of Costa Rica is hoping to extend its control of the presidency for another four years in the country’s upcoming election, as voters express apathy about their options and opposition ...

This is a walking tour of downtown Tamarindo Costa Rica in the Guanacaste province of northern Costa Rica. We start out in the downtown area and walk down to the beach. At the end of the tour we do a ...