05/20/2013 -  Central America Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q3 2013 - New Market Report - 06:51 PM

However, the heavy reliance on imported medicine in the region provides revenuegenerating opportunities for generic drugmakers from neighbouring Latin American countries and India.

05/19/2013 -  Costa Rica shooting victim originally from Vancouver - 07:58 PM

A Vancouver man residing in Costa Rica who was shot to death by intruders last week lived a lavish lifestyle, according to a private investigator.

05/19/2013 -  Vancouver man attacked, killed in Costa Rica - 01:38 PM

A Canadian has been killed in Costa Rica in an apparent home invasion, but the government is releasing few other details on the matter.

05/19/2013 -  Your Tax Dollars at Work US Embassy Produces 'Gangnam Style' Video to Push Visas - 11:33 AM

Your tax dollars at work - producing goofy videos at US embassies. Ambassador Anne Andrew , U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, and her U.S. Embassy staff put together this goofy music video to encourage Costa Rican's to get more visas to the US.

05/19/2013 -  The methods of war have failed - 05:24 AM

A trail of blood is seen at the Kirkland Heights house of Keith Clarke, who was killed by the security forces on May 27, 2010.

05/17/2013 -  Students visit Central American rain forest - 10:07 PM

This summer around 20 students are working in Costa Rica's northern rain forest region.

05/17/2013 -  This Unique Icosahedron-Shaped Treehouse in Costa Rica Cost Just $5,000 to Build - 05:57 PM

Joseph Mikrut, a graphic designer and one of the owners of Anamaya Yoga Resort in Montezuma, Costa Rica, has finished constructing what may very well be the world's first treehouse shaped in the form of an icosahedron .

05/17/2013 -  WTF?! Obama Us Ambassador, Embassy Officials Did What? - 03:53 PM

As I've previously noted on this site, U.S. Embassies apparently exist solely to help the interests of America-haters and give them an opportunity for visas to the U.S. Now, President Obama's hand-picked U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, "Dumbassador" Anne Andrews, has enlisted her U.S. Embassy employees in this ridiculous music video to encourage ... (more)

05/17/2013 -  Glamorous Life in Costa Rica Ends in Orgy and Murder - 12:05 PM

Lying naked, handcuffed and shot in the head after a night of partying, girls and expensive cars is not likely the glamorous end that Canadian national Brad Deering, a.k.a. Brat Pering had in mind.

05/17/2013 -  Costa Rican president in jet scandal - 08:33 AM

Revelations that Costa Rica's president used the jet of a Colombian with alleged links to drugs trafficking have led to three high-profile resignations.

05/16/2013 -  UNWTO Welcomes Trinidad and Tobago As Its New Member - 02:11 PM

Trinidad and Tobago has become UNWTO's 156th Member State as the country rejoins the Organization after 35 years.

05/15/2013 -  Chinese president could visit Costa Rica in June - 11:31 PM

May 15th, 2013 Chinese president Xi Jinping could visit Costa Rica in June as part of a tour of Latin America that could also include visits to Venezuela and Mexico, according to information from Casa Presidencial.

05/15/2013 -  Florblanca Resort in Costa Rica Wins Conde Nast Traveller Award for ... - 03:13 PM

Florblanca Resort in Costa Rica Wins Cond © Nast Traveller Award for World's Best Spa - Best for Beach Action Spa Bambu was designed by San Jose architect Jean Garnier and is suspended over peaceful waterfall filled pools, shaded by natural flora, and is uniquely constructed from natural bamboo.Guests spending time learning to surf will ... (more)

05/15/2013 -  Costa Rica's Energy Debate Focuses on Renewables, Parks and Consumers - 06:59 AM

During the early May summit in San Jose with U.S. President Barack Obama and the presidents of Central America and the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica focused much of its efforts on bilateral energy initiatives.

05/15/2013 -  Costa Rica president's private jet use prompts investigation - 04:54 AM

Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla came under pressure on Tuesday after the government admitted she had used a private jet owned by a foreign oil company, prompting an investigation by the attorney general's office.

05/14/2013 -  Thoughts in Puerto Viejo - 11:44 PM

As I sit down to write I realize that, for once, I don't know what to write or where to start.

05/14/2013 -  U.S. Citizen found dead in Golfito - 03:25 PM

May 14th, 2013 A U.S. citizen identified as Davis James Hamilton, 30, was found dead in a cabina located in Playa Cacao, Golfito, surrounded by alcohol bottles and garbage, according to the Judicial Investigation Organization .

05/14/2013 -  31,000 people without water this morning - 11:16 AM

May 14th, 2013 Repair crews in Palmares and Talamanca have their hands full this morning, attempting to return water to the taps of about 31,000 people.

05/14/2013 -  Obama Hailed 'World Press Freedom Day' As His DOJ Was Seizing AP Phone Records - 09:11 AM

President Barack Obama issued a statement heralding World Press Freedom Day in May 2012, at the same time his Department of Justice was secretly obtaining phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors.

05/13/2013 -  Obama Administration Finally Wakes Up to Latin America - 11:37 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Costa Rican counterpart Laura Chinchilla attend a cultural event with students in San Jos, Costa Rica, on May 3 2013 President Barack Obama is sending Vice President Joe Biden on a swing through Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago later this month.