Costa Rica Sports News – The International Cycling Union published the women’s Olympic ranking early and it appears that Costa Rica, according to the current state of the rankings, will be participating in Rio 2016. Milagro Mena from Orotina, Costa Rica ranked 90th in the world. In order for a country to qualify it must have

Costa Rica Travel – For a certain set of luxury travelers, personality is king. Sure, we love the consistency of the big brands (and companies like Four Seasons and Mandarin Oriental almost always knock it out of the park), but sometimes we crave quirkiness. We want to feel human fingerprints on the places where we slip into bed.

Costa Rica News – The Central Bank estimated the new gross domestic product that was based on the productive structure of the actual year instead of on data from 1991 as was customarily used before. It considers net production, which is the value that each sector adds to produce a good or service. It calculates the

Costa Rica News – If you are hoping for information about an actual battle between drones, unfortunately this is not what this is about. Although that would be pretty cool. A war between users of drones and the Civil Aviation (Dirección General de Aviación Civil) is about to break out any day now. A decree,

Costa Rica Travel News – Costa Rica is perhaps the perfect spot for lovebirds this Valentine’s Day or anytime a little romance is needed. Whether you are the type of couple that needs adventure or you prefer to be pampered you will find it in many parts of Costa Rica. Many boutique hotels throughout the country

Costa Rica Sports – It’s time to start the soccer cheers again on the world level.   The U.S. Women’s National Team will begin its quest toward qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games when it takes on Costa Rica on Wednesday, February 10 at 5:30 p.m. at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The game is part of the 2016

Costa Rica News – There is limited space at the University of Costa Rica yet each year 100s of the spaces for new students wind up not being used. At the last minute accepted students often decide against enrolling. Since 2011, 21 percent of expected freshmen don’t enroll in any class, according to the Office of

US News – I wonder when we can expect one of these instances in Costa Rica, and the red taxis say…..look at what happens with Uber. A drunk Uber passenger has been arrested for verbally abusing his driver, stealing his taxi and crashing it into an Oregon curb, police said late Sunday. Collin Lyle, 31,

Costa Rica News – Johnny Araya is most recently known for losing the Presidential candidate in 2014 but before that he was the mayor of San Jose and now he is back in that position once again. I guess he changed his mind about becoming dedicated to farming. Araya held his position for over 20 years