Costa Rica News – Jairo Mora suffered a brutal death, according to his autopsy. He had multiple contusions and died of suffocation at the hands of four neighbors of Moin, on May 30, 2013. Judge Carlos Alvarez Arrieta condemned the men to 50 years in prison. The men were making a living stealing turtle eggs and…
Costa Rica Business -Global technology firm Akamai has unveiled a new facility in Costa Rica at its “center of excellence,” which provides customer support service for its operation across the region. This new investment confirms that Akamai is seeing greater demand for its cloud platform in Latin America. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based internet data delivery firm…
Costa Rica News – In the juvenile prison in Zurquí in Heredia, a 19 year old prisoner is being held on two counts since September 2014. The boy had a touching reunion with his pet dog, Kiara, who had been with him since childhood. Almost two years had passed without seeing his American Stafford dog, which…
Costa Rica News – As of April 1, private clinics in Costa Rica are able to apply to offer in vitro fertilization (IVF). The rules regarding the use of the technique were officially published on Thursday. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered that Costa Rica allow IVF on September 10th of last year. Since then,…
Costa Rica News – A highly sophisticated Colombian hacker rigged elections across Latin America in favor of right-wing candidates for almost eight years, pulling in hefty paychecks for highly-coveted dirty work in at least nine different countries’ elections, including for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s rise to power. A Bloomberg Business article published Thursday told his…
Costa Rica News – A Costa Rican dog rescue ranch gained some attention after a man shared photos of hundreds of rescue dogs running free in an open field. The photo shared by Andrew George on Facebook shows off Territorio de Zaguates or The Land of Stray Dogs a rescue facility in Costa Rica allows its…
Costa Rica News – I wish this was an April Fool’s Joke. It seems Google Maps although very convenient can cause quite the problem. A Google Maps error has been sending tourists seeking “Mt. Rushmore, SD” to the wrong location for nearly five years now. Storm Mountain Center, a retreat center located some 13 miles…
Costa Rica News – Harry Potter would be proud. A new academy, unlike any other in Costa Rica, is opening on April 5th in Barrio Escalante, San Jose. This magic academy is specifically for those who have a love for or want to learn magic. The founder, Alejandro Navas, explains that they don’t teach tricks,…
Costa Rica News – (Surf Report April 1st & 2nd) – We are going to give you the surf forecast for Costa Rica and we have our beautiful pictures of girls in bikinis. There is going to be overhead sets rolling in on the Pacific side of Costa Rica and Caribbean side will be experiencing some smaller sets. We have also added…
Costa Rica Sports – WBC flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez moved his training camp from Managua, Nicaragua to San Jose, Costa Rica, to continue preparation for his fight against challenger, McWilliams Arroyo, on April 23th at the Forum in Los Angeles, California. “This is a great opportunity for Arroyo. I think he should be champion after…