Costa Rica Home Invasion: The horror and how to survive

Q COSTARICA — Chris and his wife are retired 77-year-old Brits. They are permanent residents in a rural area above Grecia, Costa Rica. A few weeks before the events described here, a European widow of similar age that they know had been left for...

Costa Rica dealt a historic blow to drug trafficking

Q COSTARICA — In the largest police operation in history, Costa Rica dealt a powerful blow to the country’s major cartel, the criminal organization—dubbed the Cártel del Caribe Sur (South Caribbean Cartel) by authorities. According to Organismo de...

From Raipur to Costa Rica: Indian rice finds global plate

Chhattisgarh has sent its first-ever consignment of fortified rice kernels (FRK) all the way to Costa Rica — a journey that began in the fields and rice mills of central India and now lands on Latin American tables. The 12-metric-tonne...

Costa Rica Launches Massive Operation Against Drug Cartel

Costa Rican authorities launched a massive crackdown today against the South Caribbean Cartel, marking the largest police operation in the country’s history. The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) deployed 1,200 officers to carry out 64...

Walmart Mexico and Aplazo.mx have joined forces in strategic partnership to offer BNPL services and promote financial inclusion.

Walmart de México, through its Cashi app, has integrated APLAZO as a new payment method, enabling accessible, card-free installment payments. APLAZO drives credit inclusion in Mexico: 70% of its users do not have any other financial product, and...

American Airlines launches new temporary route between Costa Rica and Chicago

Q COSTARICA — American Airlines inaugurated a direct flight between Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) on Monday, November 3. The seasonal service between SJO and ORD will operate daily until...

San José’s Best Neighborhoods For Travelers Per Lonely Planet

Our capital draws attention in a new Lonely Planet guide that points visitors toward its key districts. Writer Sarah Gilbert portrays the city, called “Chepe” by us locals, as a mix of art, history, and modern life. Each area brings its own...

TNA Wrestling Secures New Broadcast Licensing Deal In Mexico and Latin America

TNA Wrestling reached a new agreement that will expand the company’s reach throughout Central and South America. Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that it has reached a new “multi-year, multi-hundred-hour output license” agreement with Claro...

The U.S. can learn lessons on exceptionalism from Costa Rica

Cityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah divines that nations “shall beat their swords...

Which Countries Have The Most U.S. Tourist Deaths Abroad, State Department Data Shows

When Americans pack their bags for international adventures, the last thing on their minds is becoming a statistic in the State Department’s sobering database of overseas deaths. Yet every year, hundreds of U.S. citizens meet unfortunate ends far...

India News | APEDA Facilitates First Export of Fortified Rice Kernel from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica

New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has facilitated the first export consignment of 12 metric...

Costa Ricans Now Able to Check and Pay 2026 Marchamo Fees

Vehicle owners across Costa Rica can now access details and settle payments for the 2026 marchamo, the annual road circulation permit. The Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) opened its online system this Monday, in line with legal requirements,...

Costa Rica is the 6th most innovative country in Latin America by 2025

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica ranked sixth in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), published in September by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in conjunction with Cornell University and the...

Latin American identity in the US: It’s complicated

Your browser does not support the audio element. Colin Mills, audio producer Labels are how we make identity tangible. It is either forced upon us by societal expectations or it's something we use to describe ourselves in order to find a sense of...

Why Golfo Dulce Remains Wild in Southern Costa Rica

When you think of a fjord, you most likely picture a pristine Scandinavian coastline, frigid blue waters shadowed by steep mountainsides, dotted with the colorfully painted houses of those hardy enough to live there. But fjords are not exclusive...

Online interest in New Haven rose, per list of suggested travel spots

Online searches for New Haven rose by 39 percent between January and June this year relative to the same period last year, according to a British search aggregator. Esmeralda Vasquez-Fernandez 2:55 am, Nov 04, 2025 Contributing Reporter Ximena...

Top 10 Countries for Dental Tourism in 2025 (and beyond)

The dental tourism market has exploded, offering savvy patients a world of options. But not all destinations are created equal. Some are built for speed and convenience, others for cosmetic “Hollywood smiles,” and a select few for complex,...

Intertek buys Costa Rica's Suplilab

Industrial safety equipment maker Intertek Group on Monday said it had bought Suplilab, a provider of food safety and medical devices testing services, based in San José, Costa Rica for an undisclosed sum. Suplilab specialised in microbiology,...

Capita secures 'key contract extension', Intertek acquires Costa Rican testing services firm

STOCKS TO WATCH Student accommodation provider Unite Group said on Monday that acquisition target Empiric Student Property had achieved occupancy of 89% and like-for-like rental growth of 4.5% year-to-date, with the group experiencing an increase...

Immigrant unemployment below 10 percent across OECD countries

Brussels -In the face of increasingly harsh rhetoric on immigration and its alleged effects on European and Western societies, the picture presented today by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) offers a perspective...