Some parts of Florida still feel completely untouched, and Cayo Costa State Park might be the best example of all. Hidden off ...

Cocos Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 550 kilometers southwest of Costa Rica’s mainland, a place so remote and so shrouded in legend that it has drawn obsessed treasure hunters, ...

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's communist government to pull its diplomats from San José. "We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere," Costa Rican ...

SAN JOSE, March 18 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves on Wednesday said he rejected the legitimacy of Cuba's government and ordered the closure of its embassy, a move that Cuba blamed ...

Located on Costa Rica's northwestern coast and bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Tamarindo is a place of beauty and relaxation. It's the largest beach town in Guanacaste Province, and while surfers have ...

NICOYA COSTA RICA: In this Costa Rica travel guide we explore the Nicoya Peninsula towns of Santa Teresa, Montezuma Beach and Tortuga Island. We take you around the southern part of Nicoya and show ...

Authorities in Costa Rica are on high alert after uncovering the so-called South Caribbean Cartel, reportedly the country’s first transnational criminal organization, which may have severe ...

As recently as 2023, the term pura vida finally entered the dictionary of the Real Academia Española, which defines the words and phrases used across the Spanish-speaking world. This particular ...

“My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica. By Christine Hauser Dr. Mauricio Hoyos, an experienced marine scientist ...

A Mexican marine biologist, Mauricio Hoyos, suffered serious injuries in a shark attack off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Despite head, face, and arm injuries, he remained stable after a lengthy rescue ...