Costa Rica News – Rent is rising fast, in fact, faster than the cost of basic goods. The cost to rent a home or apartment is exceeding the level of inflation seen in the country, according to the Consumer Price Index. The CPI registered decreases for eight months of 2015 but the rental housing prices consistently…
Costa Rica News – Róger Hilario Blandón, a boat captain, is accused of manslaughter of 13 Costa Ricans. There was a deadly wreck in Nicaragua on Saturday, January 23. He was officially accused on Friday. The 52-year-old was accused in the Sixth Local Criminal Court of Managua. He was sailing from a makeshift dock without authorization…
Costa Rica News – This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which Dan and Rico (qCostaRica) will talk about the happenings in and around the land of “Pura Vida”. With over 30 years of living in Costa Rica between the two it give a unique insight into life in CR.…
Costa Rica Entertainment – Have you found yourself saying that there’s nothing to do in this city? It turns out there are many activities and all that was missing was a great way for everyone to find out about them. Now that is here with GAM Cultural’s new virtual platform. Since Thursday, it is offering a…
Costa Rica News – (Surf Report January 29th & 30th) – 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 fun size waves on both the Pacific side of Costa Rica and the Caribbean. We have also added surf…
Costa Rica Travel – There’s a buzz around Costa Rican adventures, and for good reason. When you think of Costa Rica, you think rugged. You think zip lines through thick forests and hikes up volcanoes and past roaring waterfalls. Or laid-back surfer towns where beers are two bucks and everyone wears flip-flops, nary a fast food…
Travel News – If you are worried about Zika and have a trip planned to Central America, now including Costa Rica, some airlines are offering to give you your money back. Costa Rica reported its first case of Zika virus infection Tuesday as the mysterious virus spreads across the Americas, and U.S. officials added the…
Costa Rica News – On Monday it was revealed that four of the people summoned to testify in the Jairo Sandoval Mora trial are afraid to testify because they are from the Caribbean and the accused know them. The four have moved to other areas of the country and are not able to be located. Legal…
Costa Rica News – Although since 2005 Daniel James Fowlie is not allowed to legally enter Costa Rica, he is now here, in Pavones, in Costa Rica’s South Pacific. There is no immigration record of his entry so it is assumed that he broke through the Panama border about a week ago. He is accompanied by…
Costa Rica News (AP) – Costa Rica has set a Feb. 4 date for a second airlift of Cuban migrants who have been stranded for over two months at the country’s northern border with Nicaragua, officials said Monday. Costa Rica’s immigration agency announced the next flight will ferry 184 Cubans to El Salvador, from where they…