Costa Rica News

Costa Rica News – For her last months as president, Laura Chinchilla was pretty quiet. She passed the power to Luis Guillermo Solis about a month ago, remarking about how she…

Costa Rica News – Costa Rica’s biggest trees and oldest trees are the gigantic Ceibas. There are 5 in particular in Sarapiqui, Heredia that are more than 500 years old. These…

Costa Rica News – In the summer of 2008, Nazira Maria Cross recruited neighbors to help her load her stricken husband Michael, a Reno car dealer, into the car so she…

Costa Rica News – Although FATCA enforcement is being delayed do not expect to to get away with tax evasion in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is cracking down on fiscal…

Costa Rica News – Although prostitution is legal in Costa Rica, promoting prostitution or recruiting prostitutes and forcing them to work the trade is illegal. A bar owner in Guapiles, in…

Costa Rica News – The use of medicinal marijuana is a delicate topic but is being discussed in Costa Rica’s capital city after officials confiscated an anti-inflammatory cream that is supposedly…

Costa Rica News – Keep your hands on your wallets while walking through downtown San Jose or get yourself a money belt to hide your valuables.  The Director of the…

Costa Rica News – President Luis Guillermo Solis says that he is willing to collaborate with the United States in fighting the war against drugs. The US has recently petitioned the…