7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (338+ words) Panama to Adopt Bukele-Style Prison Measures After La Joyita Escape The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Panama to Adopt Bukele-Style Prison Measures After La Joyita Escape Panama will adopt the kind of "hardline" prison reforms of its…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (315+ words) Mexico became the first team to take full control of its World Cup group on Thursday night, beating South Korea 1-0 in Guadalajara and turning what had looked like a tense Group A fight into a clear statement from one of…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (746+ words) Latin America will not arrive at Wimbledon without talent. It will arrive without a clear women's singles favorite. That is the more honest reading of the region's place on the WTA Tour as the grass-court season moves toward the All…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (499+ words) President Laura Fern'ndez was rushed out of the Crucitas mining area Friday morning after a loud blast interrupted her official visit to the Finca Vivoyet property, where she had taken lawmakers to see the damage caused by illegal gold mining....

9+ hour, 22+ min ago  (558+ words) Costa Rica's push toward cleaner transportation is getting a new boost, as the Costa Rican Electricity Institute, known as ICE, announced a $4. 6 million plan to install 180 new public chargers for electric vehicles over the next three years. The chargers will…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago  (309+ words) Supporters say those changes would make it easier for larger aircraft and international private jets to reach destinations beyond San Jose's Juan Santamar'a International Airport and Daniel Oduber Quir's International Airport in Liberia. Zeled'n said the proposal would allow larger…...

22+ hour, 1+ min ago  (296+ words) Two tropical waves are expected to cross Costa Rica between today and Sunday, adding instability to the weather and raising the chance of heavier downpours across several regions during the weekend. The National Meteorological Institute said tropical wave No. 13 is…...

23+ hour, 33+ min ago  (440+ words) President Laura Fern'ndez said the government could take the Crucitas mining issue to a national referendum if a bill to allow regulated open-pit gold mining in the area remains stalled in Congress. "Yes, it is a possibility," Fern'ndez said Thursday…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (414+ words) Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Education suspended and annulled the National Standardized Foreign Language Exam in English after exam material reportedly circulated among students before the testing process had finished. The measure affects final-year students in academic high schools who…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago  (400+ words) Former Cuban President Ra'l Castro gave his approval Wednesday to a package of economic reforms debated by top representatives of the Communist Party, Cuba's only legal party, in Havana as the island confronts a deepening crisis under pressure from Washington....