San José, Costa Rica – The Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Commerce through the offices of the Consumer Advocate conducted a market check of supermarkets specializing in the sale of…

The largest and most advanced radio telescope on Earth, will be located in three countries: South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Waring! Worthless Land for Sale in Costa Rica! If you get  a call for a great land investment opportunity in teak or biofuels or some other income generating land, it is…

A man who stabbed himself and threw pieces of his skin and intestines at police officers trying to subdue him was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, authorities said.

San Jose, Costa Rica –  The National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Response (CNE) today declared a green alert for the volcanoes Rincon de la Vieja, Poas and Turrialba.…

This means that while the chances of being murdered are less [in Costa Rica, Peru, and Argentina], the odds of being assaulted are quite high. This helps perhaps explain why…

A select group of Costa Ricans use very high priced marijuana that has a  high-powered hallucinogen. This weed is produced here in by hydroponic cultivation.  These people may have be…

A former web developer for the big British retail store HMV faked his own death in Ecuador to live a ‘dream life’ in Costa Rica. Hugo Jose Sanchez and his…