MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua's vice president said Wednesday that he is not planning to comply with a diplomatic deadline to withdraw troops from a border zone with Costa Rica, as tensions flared ...

Four American tourists and a local guide were killed over the weekend when their raft overturned, and they were swept down the Naranjo river in Costa Rica, authorities said Sunday. Three rafts, ...

In the spring of 1978, New York-born Michael Kaye and his Salvadoran wife Yolanda were riding the rails in the wilds of Costa Rica. They’d been living in El Salvador, but that country was heading ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Tárcoles (Costa Rica) (AFP) – In one of the most polluted rivers in Central America, a vulnerable crocodile species is thriving despite living in waters that have become a sewer for Costa Rica's ...