Exactly 100 years ago, Costa Rica was also fighting a pandemic. Meetings were prohibited and the school year suspended. At that time, it was the Spanish flu causing all the…

n the past 3 years, I received 3 unusual phone calls in regard to a hobgoblin.  I will call this hobgoblin, a Birthday Hobgoblin and I will explain why.  When…

Police had to intervene to bring order back to Santa Cruz. While the celebrations of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas typically draw 200,000 people, this year they’ve been canceled due to…

The afternoon was gray and chilly, with only the saddle-shaped opening to the canyon visible in the hills beyond town.  Sitting on plastic and pads, I welcomed the sun as…

Gordon Ramsay is in Costa Rica and has visited at least one restaurant. It was Soda Mirna in Puerto Viejo. He was wearing a cap and almost unrecognizable but when…

The United States will require, as of January 26, a negative covid-19 test for travelers arriving to the country by plane. The test is to be carried out three days…

The Marcial Fallas Clinic serves more patients than many regional and peripheral hospitals do. This Centro de Atención Integral en Salud (CAIS) had a waiting list of 23,300 people in…

A doctor suspected of murdering his wife after she asked for a divorce is behind bars but his lawyers are asking the judge to release him. He’s been in preventive…