23+ hour, 26+ min ago   (289+ words) It also does not get shifted to the nearest Monday. Costa Rica applies no holiday transfers in 2026, so every holiday this year lands on its actual calendar date. Because August 15 is a Saturday, most people on a Monday-to-Friday schedule get…...

18+ hour, 16+ min ago   (667+ words) Twelve years of digging, an estimated 27,500 deaths and roughly $375 million ended quietly on the morning of August 15, 1914, when a single steamship slipped into a lock chamber on Panama’s Caribbean coast and began climbing a staircase of water. The SS Ancon,…...

22+ hour, 30+ min ago   (446+ words) Around 1,000 agami herons have made a private estate in Guatuso their home, creating an unusual concentration of one of the most elusive heron species found in Costa Rica. Its near the Caño Negro wetlands, the property has become an important…...

22+ hour, 12+ min ago   (430+ words) Five Costa Rican Surfers Advance at Playa Hermosa WSL Event The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Five Costa Rican Surfers Advance at Playa Hermosa WSL Event Five Costa Rican surfers remain in contention at the Garabito Surf…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (242+ words) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Costa Rican President Laura Fernández today as the two countries look to deepen security cooperation amid growing concern over drug trafficking and organized crime in the region. Rubio called Fernández to reaffirm what…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (430+ words) Venus Williams Falls to Emiliana Arango in Cincinnati Open First Round The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Venus Williams Falls to Emiliana Arango in Cincinnati Open First Round Venus Williams’ return to the Cincinnati Open ended in…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (265+ words) Costa Rica has moved several immigration procedures for foreign executives and their families online, allowing eligible applicants to complete and track the process through the Ventanilla Única de Inversión, or One-Stop Investment Window. The new service became available yesterday and…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (323+ words) Wild white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica are learning to use a touchscreen in the middle of the forest, giving researchers a new way to study animal intelligence without taking the monkeys out of their natural environment. The system, called…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (443+ words) The U.S. dollar has fallen to its lowest level in Costa Rica’s modern wholesale foreign-exchange market, increasing the squeeze on those residents who earn in dollars and adding fresh pressure on tourism businesses already worried about the rising cost for foreign…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (322+ words) If you are going to the Caribbean coast or the Northern Zone over the next few days, plan for rain and give yourself more time on the road than you think you may need. Costa Rica’s national emergency commission declared…...