Costa Rica is known globally for its biodiversity, the natural and raw beauty contained in its small territory has attracted tourists, scientists, photographers, etc. However, and as much as Costa Rica continues to have vibrant nature and much of its territory is protected, it is not exempt of threats; contamination, logging, illegal hunting etc. activities which jeopardize the future of many spec...

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, perhaps that’s not the case in the U.S.A, but nonetheless it is and will continue to be “the king sport”; and when Barcelona and Real Madrid are playing, it seems as though all eyes are following their every movement, every media outlet reports on them, and even if you are not a fan, it’s almost impossible that someone hasn’t heard the names of Leo Messi ...

Reuters - In adults of all ages, chronic sleep problems were linked with a greater risk of trouble with activities of daily living later in life, in a recent study. Although disability rates have been falling, up to one in five seniors have at least one limitation in their ability to perform tasks, the researchers write in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Most people don’t g...

Reuters- On Friday, Yahoo faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a cyber attack that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, a critical issue for the company as it seeks to prevent the breach from affecting a pending takeover by Verizon Inc. The internet company has so far not provided a clear, detailed timeline about when it was made aware of the breach announced ...

Sometimes is difficult to find different things to do in Costa Rica, so here are some options of cultural events that will be taking place in the upcoming days: Film: The first lady of the revolution / Already in movie theaters This movie is based in the life of the U.S. author and journalist Henrietta Boggs, the first wife of Costa Rica’s former president Jose “Pepe” Figueres and his par...

Live in-game betting has become very popular among sports bettors, this possibility allows gamblers to place bets while the game is taking place, the type of bets and the options for live betting differ depending on the sport’s particular characteristics. NFL, Soccer and NBA are among the sports that offer the biggest amounts of live in-game odds, but also for other sports such as tennis, boxing a...

In day 7 of 9 at the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Portugal, Costa Ricans Leilani McGonagle and Emily Gussoni earned their pass to Round 4 with first place wins in their respective heats in the U-18 female category. McGonagle went against representatives of teams Japan, Brazil and USA while Emily had to face USA, Germany and Japan. Malakai Martinez also got his pass from Round...

MMA as a sport continues to win fans, especially the newer generations, the majority of MMA fans are males between 18- 35 years of age, they know how to use a computer, and they are educated about their sport, which also leads to a lot of gambling. Saturday, September 24, MMA followers will tune in to watch Cris Cyborg, who is considered the best female MMA fighter today, face Lina Lansberg at UFC...

Today at Azores, Portugal where the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship underwent its 6th day of competition, Costa Rica’s Malakai Martinez and Oscar Urbina classified to the fourth round of category U-16; they are part of the 108 competitors that remain in competition out of the 371 that started last Saturday. Unfortunately, Costa Rica lost today a lot of the other members of the team...

(EFE).- The Los Angeles police and Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services have opened an investigation of actor Brad Pitt for "verbal and physical abuse" of his children, according to the TMZ Web site, which specializes in celebrity news. Family sources told the Web site that on Wednesday last week a fight erupted between Pitt, his wife - actress Angelina Jolie - and th...

Hotels are not for everyone, in many cases it’s the high prices that will get you looking for other alternatives, in other cases the impersonal service, perhaps privacy is a factor, and others simply prefer a more “homey” environment when they vacation, or maybe you have a big family and/or pets and hotels are just not an option for you; whatever the reason may be, the fact is that vacation rental...

(EFE).- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced that they will donate more than $3 billion over the next ten years for research into the cure and prevention of diseases. "Can we all together work to cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime? We think it's possible and so do scientists,", they said in a message on Facebook, explaining that ...

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forest fires raging in northeast Brazil are forcing indigenous people out of their traditional territories and threatening uncontacted tribes, an indigenous leader said on Wednesday. Fire season in the Amazon and surrounding Savannah normally lasts from July to November, but burning has become more intense due to climate change and illegal logging, said Sonia Gua...

“FreeHold Free Zone” is the name of the new free trade zone that will be located in Pacuarito of Siquirres, Limon; the size of the land is 588,793 square meters and the first stage involves building out 73,000 square meters distributed between offices and commercial spaces on the outside. According to Rogelio Douglas, CEO of Caribbean Sustainable Development Group, the environmental impact stud...

Eduardo Li, former president of the Costa Rica Football Federation, along with other seven FIFA officials, will likely  face trial November 6th, 2017 . Fifty-seven year old Li was arrested in May 27, 2015 in Switzerland and is accused of accepting kickbacks and bribes for the commercialization of marketing and broadcasting rights of the elimination games of the Costa Rican male National Soccer Tea...

The Metallica concert in Costa Rica is scheduled for Saturday, November 5th at the National Stadium, the ticket sales were open exclusively for American Express /Credomatic cardholders from September 12th to the 15th, as of September 19 the tickets became available for the general public, yet, less than a day later the production company Move Concerts have confirmed 3 out of the 6 locations have b...

Costa Rica’s  outstanding performance at  the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Azores Islands, Portugal has already earned the country  the sixth position in the ranking, climbing two spots from last years’ historic eight place. Oscar Urbina (U-18), Aldito Chirinos (U-16) and Zulay Martinez (Girls U-16) got their pass to the third rounds of their respective categories; Zulay mana...

Costa Rican surfers have had a solid performance so far in their participation in the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Azores Islands, Portugal. Today, Joseph Mendez (U-18) took the first position of his heat in Round 1; Malakai Martinez who competed yesterday in U-18 and got first place, managed today another win this time in category U-16  also in the first round. Leilani McGon...

The Costa Rica National PRO Jiu-Jitsu Championship took place this weekend and had the participation of 127 competitors from different countries in North and Central America.  The results of the main brackets follow: Brown Belt (Adult Male) Open Heavy (under 110 Kg)Bracket: Oscar Pereira (Costa Rica Jiu Jitsu) Last years’ champion, repeats this year and is the winner of a complete travel p...

FIFA  Futsal World Championship Colombia 2016 Costa Rica’s FutSal National team classified to the next stage of the FIFA Futsal World Championship Colombia 2016. Costa Rica and Argentina tied 2-2 and this result allowed Costa Rica to classify in third position accumulating 4 points, while Argentina classified in first position with 7 points and Kazakhstan in second place with 6. Costa Rica play...

Famous sex tourist David Strecker who was arrested in September 4, 2015, and is a prisoner in La Reforma, will face trial in Costa Rica in November for allegedly having engaged in the promotion of the country as a destination for sexual tourism, this through several online blogs, his facebook page and you tube videos. According to an article by Michael Krumholtz published in media website VICE ...

WikiCommons - Located on the Osa Peninsula, in the south Pacific of Costa Rica the Corcovado National Park is one of the most amazing places Costa Rica has to offer, 429 square kilometers of protected forest, part of the Osa Conservation Area; it is not easy to get to Corcovado, and although this may be considered to be good, it is also a bad thing, since it is not as closely monitored as it s...

PhotoCredit: Facebook Federacion Surf CR Fotos de Alfredo Barquero Yesterday we reported the first victory of Costa Rica in the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Azores Islands, Portugal, as Aldito Chirinos (Sub-16) took the win in round 1, heat 3. Today female competitors in sub-18 category Leilani McGonagle and Emily Gussoni got first place in their heats in the first round, su...

On paper the match didn’t present much of a test for Mexican icon Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, the experienced and talented Canelo was challenging WBO world junior middleweight champion (154 lbs) Liam “Beefy” Smith, a good fighter,  a tough, hard-punching  fighter, but one that simply hadn’t been  in the ring with someone of the level of Canelo Alvarez. But against all odds, Canelo vs. Smith was not ...

Press Release- A new free online app created by the NGO’s Oceana and SkyTruth along with Google and partially funded by actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s eponymous foundation was presented at the US State Department’s Our Ocean 2016 conference. The Global Fishing Watch will allow everyone access to track commercial fishing activity worldwide. By providing the first free global view of commercial fishing*...

Today, WBO/WBA/IBF Light Heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev who was in Texas attending the Canelo-Smith event and promoting his upcoming fight against Andre Ward, got into some trouble when he told USA Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields “Women shouldn’t be fighting, they should be at home”. Later in another interview, he said “If women want to fight that’s ok, but I don’t like to se...

Did you know that Costa Rica has over 120 volcanic cones? Some are extinct, others inactive and 6 of them remain active. The most important volcano eruptions in Costa Rica are: 1953-1955 Poas Volcano, 1963-1965 Irazu Volcano, 1968 Arenal, 1966-1970 and during the 1990 Rincon de la Vieja and more recently the Turrialba Volcano. Costa Rica is divided by three different mountain ranges, the Cordi...

Costa Rica's sports news: Costa Rica’s Junior National Surfing Team is participating in the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Azores Islands, Portugal, today Costa Rica celebrates its first victory as Aldito Chirinos (Sub-16) took the win in round 1, heat 3. Esteban Chavez (Sub-18) and Andy Chavez (Sub-16) also had wave action today and their points allowed them to go to repechage...

/PRNewswire/ For the third time, Costa Rica will host the largest Latin American forum in the Life Sciences field: the Life Sciences Forum 2016, an event organized by the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE). The forum will gather some 350 international and national participants who will analyze the main trends in the life sciences industry, and explore Costa Rica's potential in one ...

Last week Costa Rica’s achievement of running on green energy was all over the news. Today, the country gives another big step towards electric independence and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Today, September 16, 2016 Costa Rica inaugurated the biggest hydroelectric plant in Central America, the Reventazon megaproject began working three months before the expected time frame. This i...

Guanacaste is the most popular destination in Costa Rica among tourists, this is no coincidence, of course Guanacaste has beautiful beaches, impressive natural reserves and you can find luxury resorts just as well as small eco-lodges to satisfy everyone’s taste. The beaches of Tamarindo, Flamingo, Conchal and Hermosa, are among the most visited. Here we give you information on three other Guan...

During the second trimester of 2016 construction for the private sector declined a 17.3% in comparison to 2015; this is driven by non-residential projects that declined in a rate of 31.1% while residential projects declined in a rate of 6% according to a report by Costa Rica’s Central Bank. The reason for this decline obeys to the fact that 2015 had a big increase in the rate of non-residential pr...

We all feel it, here in Costa Rica the days are hotter, hotter than a year ago and way hotter than five or ten years back. According to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN in Spanish) Costa Rica registered during 2015 between 1.1° and 2.3° C higher than the average registered temperatures; in December of 2015 San Jose registered a temperature of 30.8°C (87.44°F) breaking the record for this...

According to a study carried out by Costa Rica's National Children Hospital from 2005 to 2014, 140 children are diagnosed with cancer every year; 43% of these correspond to Leukemia, followed by brain tumors 17% and lymphomas 13%, the good news is that 70% survive following adequate treatment. In the U.S.A Brain cancer has surpassed leukemia as the deadliest form of childhood cancer. Reuters...

Costa Rica Sports News: FIFA  Futsal World Championship Colombia 2016 Costa Rica’s FutSal National Team took a hard loss against Kazakhstan  in their second game of  the group stage, the first goal by Kazakhstan came early in the game, Costa Rica’s Alejandro Paniagua managed to even the score but less than two minutes later Kazakhstan scored again; the third goal by the Kazakhs  came just 20...

Vacation time is supposed to be fun and worry-free, it's actually recommended for our wellness, but there are those times where unfortunately we are faced with an unforeseen health problem while traveling, whether that is something as common and simple as a cold or a flu or something more serious such as a broken limb due to an accident, or an appendicitis that couldn’t wait until we got home. ...

A Costa Rican actor is part of the cast of “Narcos” the television series airing in Netflix based on the story of Colombian drug dealer Pablo Escobar, the Medellin drug cartel, its relationship with other drug lords and the authorities. "Narcos" has become a very popular show in Netflix. Leynar Gomez, a Costa Rican actor plays the role of “Limon” a recurring character in the second season of th...

Costa Rica's male National Soccer Team, climbed up from position 21 to 18 in the FIFA World Rankings.  La Sele's performance during the CONCACAF Russia 2018 World Cup Qualification Rounds where the team classified  undefeated in the first position of Group B influenced this improvement in the world rankings. Argentina managed to keep its lead of the monthly FIFA world rankings in September, wit...

The International Surfing Association and the Portuguese Surfing Federation are the organizers of the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship that will take place in Azores Islands, Portugal from September 17 through the 25 and where Costa Rica’s Sub-18 National Surfing Team will be participating. The Costa Rican athletes, 10 in total, arrived to Azores on Wednesday, September 14, as of to...

One of the questions that always arises when we touch on the topic of medical tourism is How to find the right doctor? Health is the one thing we certainly can’t, shouldn’t, play games with, doing the proper research is a must, and this usually involves checking on credentials, reviewing expertise, requesting referrals, and just in general asking a lot of questions  that will help you narrow down ...