10+ hour, 23+ min ago   (325+ words) Nicaragua to Brief Diplomats on Controversial Electoral Reform The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Nicaragua to Brief Diplomats on Controversial Electoral Reform Nicaragua’s government will brief foreign diplomats on a proposed reform aimed at excluding opposition parties…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (483+ words) A forensic technique Brazilian federal police are using to trace illegally mined Amazon gold points to a capability Costa Rica has conspicuously lacked in its own long-running fight over Crucitas, where prosecutors have struggled for years to prove in court…...

14+ hour, 37+ min ago   (477+ words) The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Raises Volcano Alert as Mudflow Risk Increases Costa Rica has raised the activity level at Rincón de la Vieja Volcano to “precaution” following a sustained increase in eruptions and…...

15+ hour, 46+ min ago   (596+ words) Since moving to Costa Rica in 1990, I have not missed a World Cup final. I’ve watched them from a bar, from a friend’s house, and from the comfort of my own home. For 2026, I planned on something different. I took…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago   (533+ words) An additional United States tariff of 12.5% on certain Costa Rican goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time today, at the same moment the temporary 10% surcharge that had applied for 150 days expired. The new rate replaces the old one rather than stacking…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (407+ words) If you are driving to the Caribbean this holiday weekend, plan for the possibility that you will not get there the way you intended. Route 32, the fast link between San José and Limón, closed again on Thursday afternoon after material…...

16+ hour, 17+ min ago   (383+ words) Alejandro Arias Monge, the man Costa Rican authorities had described as the most wanted fugitive, spent his first night in custody inside the maximum security wing of the Jorge Arturo Montero Castro penitentiary complex, better known as La Reforma, in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (400+ words) Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species Scientists in Ecuador announced Thursday that they had genetically identified 8,000 new insect species in a protected forest in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (487+ words) Costa Rican Stabbed in Manhattan Attack Investigated as Possible Hate Crime The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rican Stabbed in Manhattan Attack Investigated as Possible Hate Crime A Costa Rican citizen is among two men stabbed…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (463+ words) Ratification came from above. The Federal Congress of Central America, to which all the parties belonged, took up the matter the following year and on December 9, 1825 issued a decree separating the Partido de Nicoya from the State of Nicaragua and…...