Video shows cat trying to smuggle drugs into Costa Rica prison 01:31. Costa Rican police seized crack cocaine, marijuana and five capybaras — the largest rodents in the world — after chasing ...

A family of 12 fell ill with histoplasmosis after visiting Costa Rica's Venado Caves. The CDC is involved in addressing this fungal infection outbreak.

GENEVA – As humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, due to continuing displacement from Nicaragua, a 41 per cent funding cut is seriously impacting the ability of UNHCR, the UN Refugee ...

Costa Rica — a country of just 5.1 million — now hosts more than 194,000 Nicaraguan asylum-seekers and 9,216 recognized Nicaraguan refugees, over half of all Nicaraguan refugees and asylum-seekers ...

Ivanka, 43, shared photos of herself surfing in Costa Rica and gave fans a glimpse into the family trip with husband Jared Kushner, Joshua Kushner and his wife, model Karlie Kloss. "Grateful doesn ...

The lawyers who sued estimates that nearly 100 people are still detained, including about 50 children. The rest have been repatriated, according to a letter Costa Rica’s government signed in March.

Costa Rica Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco should use his appearance before the Legislative Assembly on March 19, 2025, to disclose his migration agreement with the United States and ...

My first trip to Costa Rica was dreamy, but I made mistakes. There were several problems, like power outages and dehydration, I wish I'd prepared for.

However, before you close on a home in Costa Rica, keep these property tax considerations in mind: Costa Rica’s transfer tax (the amount charged when property changes hands) is 1.5%.

Retired Lafayette-area attorney Tom Brooks Jr. died Tuesday in Costa Rica, where he lived since retiring four years ago. News Purdue Sports Life Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. LOCAL.

Costa Rica’s Inversionista residency requires a $150,000 investment in real estate, stocks, bonds, a Costa Rican business, or similar. The country also offers a digital nomad visa which requires ...

Costa Rica’s homicides have grown slowly over the last several years but spiked to reach a historic high in 2023 with 907 recorded killings, or 17.2 murders per 100,000. That was a 38% increase in ...