Costa Rica is among the world’s most famous nature-based destinations. But pressure on local people, economies and ecology are raising questions about the limits of ecotourism.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... COMMENTARY Costa Rica is a longstanding democratic model in the hemisphere — but is its controversial president poised to adopt the dictatorial methods ...

Americans have taken to social media to share stories about their MAGA-supporting neighbors removing their merchandise in recent weeks, with some even flying an upside-down Trump flag, a symbol ...

On Three Kings Day, on June 6, 1995, a collection of Puerto Rican flags were installed in Chicago's Humboldt Park. The flags represent the area’s Puerto Rican community. The flags were designed by ...

Pura Vida! Costa Rica’s national anthem, officially titled “Noble Patria, tu hermosa bandera” (“Noble Homeland, your beautiful flag”), is a proud symbol of the country’s rich history, sovereignty, and ...

President Rodrigo Chaves has withdrawn Costa Rica’s support for the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, stripping institutional funding and public interest status from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ...

Costa Rica's Ministry of Health has announced an investigation into the luxury hotel where Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of New York Yankees hero Brett Gardner, died of carbon monoxide ...

Don McDougall from Okotoks, Alta., says a jade amulet from Costa Rica had been with them for more than 50 years. “In 1971, my parent sponsored an exchange student from Costa Rica,” explained ...

Former Costa Rica president Óscar Arias Sánchez – a Nobel Peace Prize winner – had his U.S. visa revoked by President Trump's U.S. State Department this week. Arias Sánchez, 84, said in an interview ...

The State Department revoked the visa of former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on Tuesday. Arias is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who often traveled to the United States to receive further ...

Boise residents may now vote for what they would like to see on the city’s next flag. The city unveiled four finalists on Thursday, “after months of community input and creativity.” ...

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on ...