Screencap of Repretel broadcast of the match The final match of the Costa Rica First Division Summer Tournament between Club Sport Herediano (CSH) and Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA) resulted in CSH being crowned champions after winning by a score of 2 (3) - 2 (2) after an electrifying match that required a penalty kick shootout. Tickets for this match were completely sold out earlier this...

Frankfurt and San José, 05 May 2015 - eco.business Fund has lent USD 10 million to Banco Davivienda Costa Rica to support companies that follow best practices in sectors such as agriculture or fisheries. These companies are certified by entities such as FairTrade International or Rainforest Alliance. The recently launched eco.business Fund promotes the conservation of biodiversity in Latin Amer...

Source: Movistar Movistar Team climber Andrey Amador made history on Saturday as he finished 14th on the 14th stage of the Giro D’Italia, which was a time-trial race from Treviso to Valdobbiadene in the northeast region of Italy. Despite the rainy conditions, the star cyclist from Costa Rica surprised everyone as he moved to third place on the Giro, just 3:36 behind the legendary Spanish rider...

Our Lady of the Angels Basilica in Cartago (SMART PARKING Press Release) On May 13, Cartago made history by following suit and becoming the first Smart City in Costa Rica with the launch of the “Cartago Historico Digital” project. The project has been developed jointly by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (Micitt) and the Municipality of Cartago with investments fro...

BICSA in Panama. Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK & SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed Banco Internacional de Costa Rica's (BICSA) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB+' and its Viability Rating (VR) at 'bb' following a peer review of Panama's midsized banks. Fitch also affirmed BICSA's National Ratings in Panama. The Rating Outlook for the bank's IDR and Long-T...

Tamarindo Beach On Saturday, May 23rd, the coastal community of Playa Tamarindo in Costa Rica will gather in front of the ocean to inaugurate its very first lifeguard tower. According to a news report published by daily tabloid Diario Extra, the new lifeguard tower is part of many efforts being undertaken by the local community development association to protect residents and locals at this po...

As part of a series of international conferences that aim to promote the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, an organization based in the United States will meet in Costa Rica in June 2015 to discuss various issues related to this topic. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is a nonprofit organization made up of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal ...

Tamarindo, Costa Rica, May 21, 2015 (Newswire) - Panacea de la Montaña, a yoga retreat in Costa Rica, will be on the road for a yoga adventure in Peru, to be held from October 11 to October 18 this year. The activity will let participants explore and have fun while doing yoga. The Peru retreat is a part of the said Costa Rica yoga spa adventures. It will take participants to the country’s sever...

Wikimedia Commons ATLANTA, May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and its commercial partnership agency, Traffic Sports, announced today that Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will sponsor this year's edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The agreement designates Delta as the Official Airline of the 2015 Gold Cup, through...

New Bennigan's look. Wikimedia Commons SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (May 20, 2015) – Bennigan’s has long been one of the most popular American restaurant brands across the globe. Its focus on chef-driven food, innovative drinks and friendly Irish hospitality has helped it stand apart from other concepts that have come and gone over the years. Today, Legendary Restaurant Brands, owner of the ic...

Selva Nueva The international real estate market is currently sizzling with impressive real estate opportunities, and the Central American region is getting a lot of attention in this regard. Globalization and transnational free trade agreements are making it easier for foreign investors to acquire property around the world, and two of the most spectacular listings at this time are located in ...

Off the Grid Mobile App MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Epic Travel Technology, a leading app developer in the area of mobile travel technology, today announced the release of 'Off The Grid Traveler - Costa Rica", for both iOS and Android devices. 'Off The Grid Traveler' app is primed to assist travelers in finding both popular, and uncommon, destinations and lodgings in va...

MONTEZUMA, COSTA RICA, May 21, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ylang Ylang Beach Resort, a serene beach resort near Montezuma, Costa Rica, announced its all-inclusive Beach Front Yoga Retreat for August 16 to 22. Guests are invited to pack their bags and prepare themselves to be pampered by practicing Vinyasa to the flow of the waves; exploring beaches, creeks and waterfalls; meditating under the trees...

Diego, the fourth baby delivered to a couple who had sought fertility treatments in Costa Rica, passed away in his incubator at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the San Juan de Dios Hospital, a flagship medical center that is part of the national public health care system. According to a news report filed by journalist Lady Rojas of online news daily Costa Rica Hoy, baby Diego weighed...

The moment Teresita is rescued. Source: MSP A heartbreaking communication from the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP) indicates that the lifeless body of an 11-year old boy, who had been missing along with his sister in Costa Rica, was found in the bottom of a ravine in the rural canton of Upala, not far from the northern border with Nicaragua. The body of young Alexander S...

Wikimedia Commons Mexico City, May 19 (EFE).- Leftist politician Valentin Gonzalez Bautista, who is running for mayor of the central Mexican city of Nezahualcoyotl in the June 7 elections, is using an automobile like Batman's Batmobile to get his message out to voters. "Exhibiting the Batmobile, the photographs that interested people take and the requests they make are a good way to get the...

File image SARASOTA, Fla., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- xG Technology, Inc. ("xG" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), a developer of wireless communications and spectrum sharing technologies, announced today that it has received an order for approximately $100,000 in xMax mobile broadband wireless equipment and services which will be deployed in a network to be initially installed in Esca...

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Its aisles packed with readers and boasting a host of successful book presentations and cultural performances, LeaLA wrapped up its fourth edition on a positive note, consolidating its position as the only Spanish-language book fair in the United States and as the event dedicated to reading in Spanish and Latin American culture. On the third day of acti...

With just one goal each, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA) and Club Sport Herediano (CSH) tied their first match of the 42nd final series of the First Division professional football league in Costa Rica. The first goal by LDA came within one minute of the match courtesy of an emphatic header by Jose Guillermo Ortiz, and it originated with a locker-room play that made it clear that LDA had review...

Source: MSP IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are looking for an updated report of the helicopter that crashed in the San Juan River near the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Nov. 17, 2015, please visit our sister publication ICRNews: http://insidecostarica.com/2015/11/17/one-american-dead-three-persons-missing-helicopter-crash-costa-rica-nicaragua-border/   A rotary wing aircraft as...

Source: Wikimedia Commons More than 220 uniformed law enforcement officers have been deployed to the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in the city of Alajuela for tonight's match between local club Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA) and visitor Club Sport Herediano (CSH). This will be the first of two final matches to crown the Summer Tournament Champion of the First Division, Costa Rica's highest p...

FARC guerrilla unit marching in 1998. Wikimedia Commons By Marti Quintana Mexico City, May 19 (EFE).- The relationship between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group and Mexico's drug cartels is rooted in shared interests in arms and drug trafficking, but not in the insurgents providing military training to the organized crime groups, experts told Efe. "Wher...

Good news for British and European travelers awaiting the new flights by Thomson Airways and First Choice to Costa Rica. According to online travel news site TravelMole.com, Thomson will soon receive four new and shiny Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, which will be used for long haul flights to select destinations, including the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in Costa Rica. Located in the...

Source: Not Just Spring Break (PRWEB) May 18, 2015 --Summer is around the corner, and the vacation season officially begins Memorial Day weekend. Whether urban professionals and college students are traveling locally or internationally, the Not Just Spring Break® (NJSB) mobile app features events in Miami, Myrtle Beach, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and more. The infamous Miami Beach Takeove...

Miami, May 18 (EFE).- Florida officials are spending $1.6 million on a project to remove about 90,000 tires dumped into the Atlantic Ocean off Fort Lauderdale in the 1970s as part of an artificial reef project, media reports said Monday. A team of divers began removing the tires last week from the ocean floor off Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, the Sun Sentinel newspaper said. The project is e...

MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - May 18, 2015) - Cubix Latin America, an authorized distributor of the new Quo Motiv smartwatch has recently released their newest wearable technology, the Quo Motiv Smartwatch. Now ready for purchase through their website, the smartwatch is sleek and stylish, with a comfortable, lightweight design. The watch acts as a more accessible form of smartphone technology and offe...

Source: OVSICORI Since the early morning hours of May 18th, the Turrialba volcano in the province of Cartago has been in a constant state of exhalation. Geologists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) have detected sustained seismicity at this colossus, and many of the resulting eruptions have been broadcast and recorded with a digital camera pointed righ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Agents from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initials: OIJ) are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another one injured in the outskirts of Heredia. The violent incident took place over the weekend, and the two young Asian victims are believed to have been intercepted and abducted before being shot. The decedent has been identified as ...

AutoShine Costa Rica With car culture rapidly growing in Costa Rica, the number of luxury automobiles has greatly increased in the last few years. As a result of this trend, vehicle owners are becoming more interested in aesthetics as well as in systems that can augment their driving experience in terms of entertainment, safety, information, and comfort. In other nations where car culture h...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, May 17 (EFE, plus additional context by The Costa Rica Star).- At least nine people died and 18 others were injured in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, police said. The shootout, which began as a fist- and knife-fight but quickly escalated to gunplay, took place in a parking lot between the Twin Peaks and Don Carlos rest...

Source: MSP A security task force convened by the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP) in Costa Rica arrested a citizen from the United States who will be charged with crimes against nature. According to an official press release by the MSP, the U.S. expat was apprehended along with a citizen of Costa Rica; both men will face charges stemming from activities related to the illeg...

Wikimedia Commons B.B. King, legendary blues guitarist well known for tracks such as "Rock Me Baby", "My Lucille", and "The Thrill Is Gone", died in his Las Vegas home yesterday at the age of 89. Attorney Brent Bryson said King died in his sleep. A 15-time Grammy winner, with over 50 albums released, King played live for nearly 70 years. He had reportedly collapsed at a Chicago performan...

Real Madrid's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (R) fights for the ball with Ivory defender Eric Bertrand Bailly (L) of Villarreal during the Primera Division soccer match played at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on 01 March 2015. EFE The legendary Real Madrid football club of the Spanish League could visit Costa Rica to play an exhibition match at the Chinese-donated National S...

Buenos Aires, May 16 (EFE).- Toxicology tests have revealed that the irritant used to attack River Plate players during an Argentine "clasico" match at Boca Juniors' stadium was a homemade concoction consisting of hot pepper sauce, cayenne pepper and acid, local media reported Saturday. That mixture, which is known as "mostacero" in prison culture and produces skin irritation and a burning sens...

Source: Facebook A male tourist from the United States lost his life in the treacherous rip currents of Jaco Beach earlier this week. Ibrahim Sam Karadsheh disappeared in the ocean stream on Tuesday; he had arrived in Costa Rica on Sunday along with two cousins who traveled from Southern California. According to a news report filed by Patricia Duran of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the three ...

May 16, 2015 / PRZen / LEICESTER, U.K. -- MTV EMA Nominee Oliver Sean has stripped down! The breakthrough Indie singer and songwriter, whose VH1 Top 10 Album that Rolling Stone magazine called, "It's like the Eagles have hired Jack Johnson for some lessons on lightening up", has lightened up indeed by surprising fans with his acoustic side at all his performances since the start of the year. Olive...

Bogota, May 15 (EFE).- Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon is convinced that, based on the volume of drugs seized this year, cocaine production in the country is on the rise, officials told Efe. Pinzon made that statement in a speech given in Medellin this Thursday, the same day that the National Drug Council, or CNE, approved the suspension of the use of glyphosate for spraying illeg...

Selva Nueva Costa Rica MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., May 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Premiere Estates Auction Company announces an auction date for the world's first Caribbean Basin multi-property auction to be held via sealed bid on June 18, 2015. An unprecedented endeavor, Premiere Estates Auction Company will offer $190 Million worth of collective inventory for sale under the direction of Tuvia Sab...

Source: Bryan Vasquez Facebook Important news for boxing fans in Costa Rica: Super featherweight boxing star Bryan “Tiquito” Vasquez will not fight on May 23rd as originally scheduled. An unexpected turn of events has placed the Costa Rican fighter in a more exciting fight card that will be hosted at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on May 29th at 9:00 pm. The fight will be televised on cabl...

Source: Pixabay Commons A judicial inspector assigned to the Supreme Court of Costa Rica is currently under investigation for allegedly using a government vehicle to visit an underground brothel during working hours. The inspector was caught by field agents from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initials: OIJ) just as they were getting ready to execute a raid on an establishment w...