Poás Volcano had another eruption that reached an altitude of over 1 kilometer this Friday morning and could be easily seen from many spots of the metropolitan area. Since 11 p.m. on Thursday night the National University’s Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) reported an increase in the tremor which fluctuates in intensity; the majority of the events expel only water vapor ...

Soul singer and actor Cuba Gooding Sr., father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr., was found dead inside a car in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California; he was 72 years-old. Cuba Gooding Sr. was the lead singer for The Main Ingredient a soul band that had success during the 1970s; their biggest hits were Everybody Plays the Fool (1972) and Just Don’t Want to be Lonely (1974). He also pursued a solo c...

FIFA’s ethics committee banned former Costa Rican soccer federation president Eduardo Li for life, which means he will not be allowed to get involved in any activity related to soccer. The FIFA ethics committee had announced back in February their decision to persue legal action against the former presidents of the Costa Rican (Li) and Guatemalan (Brayan Jiménez) soccer federations, based on the f...

Choosing a realtor to work with is difficult anywhere you go, Costa Rica is no exception, if you are in the process of moving to Costa Rica or you already live here but you need to find a new house or property to buy or rent, read along as we give you some advice on how to choose a real estate agent that will really help you and not make you waste your time and money. The Costa Rican Chamber of...

The “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament will have its third date this weekend in Santa Teresa de Cóbano, Puntarenas. Some of the best surfers in the country participate in this competition with the goal of being called to be part of the National Surfing Team that will represent the country in the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Championship which will take place in France this May. ...

The 33rd edition of ExpoTur Costa Rica, an event that is considered the most important tourism travel mart of Costa Rica and the Central America Region, and one of the most relevant in Latin America will take place May 10-12 at Centro Kolbi in Parque Viva, La Guácima. This event offers companies involved in the tourism industry an opportunity to showcase their services or products to national a...

Hotels.com published the list of winners of their yearly Loved by Guests Awards, which recognize hotels all around the world that receive the best scores by their clients in nine different categories: beach, boutique, business, family, LGBT, luxury, newcomer, spa and gold. To receive a gold award, properties must have received an average customer review score of 4.7 or higher, based on a minimum o...

Most of us are weary of the different promotions we hear about online, especially when they sound too good to be true, and that´s because 9 out of 10 times, it is too good to be true; this promotion, however, may be the exception to the rule, no hard pressure sales, no strings attached; the idea is basically to show interested parties the incredible Bellazo project in Nosara, Guanacaste, so, if yo...

Costa Rica is the only country in Central America that accumulates ten years of uninterrupted electrical service, while the other five countries in the region accumulate 13 total or partial blackouts in the last seven years, according to the Regional Operator Entity (EOR). ¨We estimate that just one total blackout of the National Electric System, that would require close to three hours to reest...

Last night Poás Volcano spitted out incandescent rocks in an eruption that occurred at 7:08 p.m. local time, it registered a few smaller eruptions during the early hours of this Wednesday, April, 19; but this morning at 6:29 a.m. and 8:43 a.m. it had two important eruptions (video available at the end of the article). Volcanologists that have been studying the recent activity at Poás where able...

Canadian singer Justin Bieber who will be giving a concert in Costa Rica next Monday, April 24 at the National Stadium, will be staying in the same beach mansion in where the Kardashian-Jenner clan stayed when they visited the country back in January, perhaps Bieber was following a recommendation from Kourtney Kardashian, since several entertainment sites have implied the two have a very close rel...

Another eruption was registered this Tuesday evening at 7:08 p.m. local time by Poás, Volcano in Costa Rica, the activity only lasted 5 minutes but during this time the volcano provided a light show spitting out incandescent rocks as you can see in the following video: The volcano continues to register frequent activity and it is cataloged as “highly unstable” by geologists and volcanologis...

$400 million will be the initial investment that Sun Latin America will make for the construction of Discovery Costa Rica, a theme park that will be developed in Liberia, Guanacaste. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 and during this stage it could generate close to 2000 jobs, the park is expected to begin operations in 2020. The President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís along wi...

German – American supermodel and businesswoman Heidi Klum and her boyfriend, independent art curator and art dealer Vito Schnabel spent some time in the Guanacaste beaches this holy week. The couple arrived to Liberia on April 9 and left the country on the 15th, 43-year-old Klum shared photos in social media while they went on a fishing trip and also while she relaxed by the beach. In the photo...

“Discovery Costa Rica”, a $1 billion eco-tourism park will open in late 2020 near Liberia, Guanacaste, the cost of the project will be covered by Sun Latin America, and Discovery Communications Inc. will license its name to it in an effort to capitalize on followers from its Latin American channels which include Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The park will include Discovery-branded hotels...

The Poás Volcano in Alajuela, Costa Rica continued with high activity this Sunday, small phreatic eruptions are reported every hour, but the biggest eruptions took place at 1:46 p.m. and a larger one at 1:55 p.m. local time. The second eruption was visible from different points of the metropolitan area, extending one thousand meters in altitude. The blast once again expelled rocks of large s...

Bellazo is Kalia Living’s newest gated ocean-view community, located in the exclusive area of Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Offering modern luxurious eco-friendly designed homes, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by lush mesmerizing nature. A self-contained community with all the amenities, spa, gourmet restaurant, beach club, sports courts, biking, hiking trails, maid services and va...

The beaches at the Osa Península in the province of Puntarenas Costa Rica are not as popular among vacationists as the beaches in Guanacaste, part of this has to do with the distance, the Osa Península is a long drive from San José, and these region is usually promoted more as an ecotourism destination since the Corovado National Park is located here. If you haven’t visited the Osa Penísula you...

Ortega de Balsón is a small town in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste, it is famous in Costa Rica because they have a tradition that has been celebrated every year on Good Friday ( Easter) for at least 200 years called “la lagarteada”; this phrase cannot be properly translated, but the activity consists on a group of people jumping into a croc infested river  capturing a live crocodile, preferably the larg...

Costa Rica as a country has certain characteristics that make it a magnet for real estate investment, in general, investors have turned their eye to this Central American country for quite some time now, and it has to do mainly with the country’s political and financial stability, which translates into a low-risk investment. In addition to the above, Costa Rica’s geographical position, fantasti...

If you practice yoga on a regular basis and are looking for the opportunity to learn more about this discipline or even become an instructor, here is the chance. Antonio Corrales and Dahiana Chaves, certified yoga instructors, will be offering a course that will begin on May 6 and will extend for three months. Classes will be scheduled during the weekends from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. and the work...

Nicole Birkner Alier is just 17 years old, but she makes it a point to live her life to the fullest and give her best effort in everything she takes on. Birkner attends Lincoln High-School where she is preparing to graduate from the International Baccalaureate program, she send her application to several Universities in the United States hoping to receive a positive response from at least one o...

The quality, and accessibility of healthcare is one of the main concerns every adult person has, it has been a long time discussion on which system is best and how it should be funded and structured in order to provide coverage for everyone while at the same time keeping an efficient system and a quality service. Quoting Trump “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated?”, right? But it is,...

Another eruption by Poás Volcano was registered by the National University’s Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) at 8:10 this morning, it extended for 10 minutes, information on the altitude reached by the column of gas is still unknown due to the visibility conditions at the site right now. The two blasts the Poás had yesterday, which reached 3 kilometers in altitude, have...

A wildfire that started at 9 p.m. of Friday, April 14 has affected a large area of the mountain known as “Cerro Pelado” (Pelado Peak) in Tilarán, Guanacaste; the burn bodies of two adult men were found in a hillside, authorities will have to confirm if their death obeys to the fire or if they lost their lives under different circumstances. The windy conditions of this area and the dryness of th...

The Costa Rica Filming Commission participated in the AFCI Locations & Global Production show  in Los Angeles, California with the objective of promoting the country as an ideal destination for audiovisual productions. This event brought together close to 80 AFCI Film Commission Members and service industry partners, of more than 30 countries, it connects media content producers and global ...

As we celebrate the Holy Week, we invite you to visit some of Costa Rica’s most beautiful churches, being for the most part a catholic country, you are sure to find a church in every community, but some are certainly worth visiting even if you are not a religious person, as their architecture makes them stand out. Basílica Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles: This is Costa Rica’s most popular chur...

The United States, Mexico and Canada announced on Monday that they were making a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. soccer chief said would produce the biggest financial boon ever for FIFA. No nation from CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, has hosted the tournament since the United States in 1994. The 2018 World Cup will ...

OFID signs first-ever trade finance loan to Costa Rican bank Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2017. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a US$15m loan agreement with Scotiabank de Costa Rica S.A (SCB). The transaction represents OFID’s first-ever trade finance loan to the country and was signed by OFID Director-General Suleiman J Al-Herbish and SCB’s President of the Board of...

This time we are not going to talk about the different beaches and already popular National Parks you can visit in Costa Rica; if you love the outdoor experiences this country offers you, we leave you three awesome places that not too many foreigners or expats know about: Cerro Yarcazú: This mountain peak in Puriscal is an awesome option to enjoy nature and wonderful scenic and panoramic views....

Most people who buy a vacation home do so, of course, with the idea of spending as much time as possible there, they choose the perfect spot to spend their free time, and a house they absolutely love. Many others think of it as an investment, the opportunity to make money with your vacation home in Costa rica along the way, but how do you turn your vacation home into a cash cow ? We’ve all hear...

May 15 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel the Hacking Challenge 2017 will take place: the event organized by Soluciones Seguras (Safe Solutions), Techday, Radware and Check Point will bring together experts in cyber-security that will compete to hack a corporate website in a simulated environment. The objective of the event is to help institutions, companies and organizations identify their netw...

After the recent increase in activity of the Poás Volcano, and the eruption that took place yesterday evening (Wednesday) ,the Ministry of Environment and the National System of Conservation Areas in coordination with the National Emergency Commission (CNE) announced that the National Park will remain closed as a preventive measure and to allow the evaluation of the situation at the volcano by the...

The Melico Salazar Theater will be the stage where one of the most famous musicals will be presented for the Costa Rican audience, Chicago is brought to live from the hand of production company Luciérnaga Producciones and the Ministry of Youth and Culture, and will have ten presentations between May 12 -21. Over 300 artists between dancers, singers and actors participated in the casting, but on...

This Wednesday, April 12th at approximately 6:30 p.m. the National University’s Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) registered an eruption at the Poás Volcano. Due to the lack of visibility in the area the OVSICORI cannot confirm the altitude reached by the column, but the activity extended for close to 40 minutes. Neighbors of the area of Bajos del Toro to the north east ...

How often do we hear people complain about how expensive Costa Rica is? Yes, very very often, and it is true that in the past 10 years or so the country has indeed become more expensive, and some articles or items of course, more than others, for instance clothes, shoes, cars, touristic destinations, jewelry, personal care items, electronic devices, electricity are usually very expensive in Costa ...

The Pulitzer Prize is a recognition given by the University of Columbia in New York, for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature and musical composition. This year the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists received this prize for their work in the Panama Papers in the category Explanatory Reporting. This investigation exposed the hidden structure us...

Eleven year old Daniel León suffers from Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA), a rare disorder of the bone marrow in which it fails to produce enough red blood cells and usually apparent during the first year of life. Daniel was diagnosed with this condition when he was 1 year and nine months old. Only four other children have this disease in Costa Rica right now, and only 35 per year occur in the United...

The Costa Rica Ministry of Health confirmed that the massive vaccination against the influenza virus will begin in May 22. Initially it had been announced that it was going to start in the first week of May, however, the Ministry explained the setback obeyed to a delay in the purchase process of the 1.3 million vaccines. Children under five years of age, and population at risk: pregnant wome...

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) builds linkages between young business and social entrepreneurs in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, providing opportunities, training, tools, networks and resources to help them carry out their projects and contribute to their economic development. This internship is a program of the U.S. State Department offered in Latin America, incl...