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Many had expected an easy win for Argentina over Costa Rica, but the Messi-less South Americans failed to score a goal against the heroic fighting Costa Ricans.

Photos from Costa Rica's 4th Annual Blues Festival

Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.comAs the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, as well as the upheavals in the Arab world attest, cosmic intelligence is upping the ante on humanity. Not out of some human-projected sense of punishment (there is...

Costa Rica’s new National Stadium opens it’s doors to the public this Saturday, kicking off the inauguration with a soccer match between Costa Rica and China.

Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com.On March 11, I visited the little known birthplace of the United Nations--Muir Woods on the Marin Peninsula near San Francisco. This was before the Security Council passed Resolution 1973 to prevent more civilian massacres in Libya,...

President Obama’s trip to Latin America will lay the foundation for a new era, Hillary Clinton said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. on March 18.

On a gray and chilly afternoon without a car, I have to give myself a nudge to get out on the bike into the country for a sitting. But the dreary day is instantly forgotten when a hovering hawk—a...

Costa Rica’s recognition of China led the U.S. ambassador to raise concerns over illegal Chinese immigration to Costa Rica and drug trafficking.

After Costa Rica’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China in 2007, the country now has a new sensitivity to China and human rights issues. Closer economic ties have made China ‘Santa Claus’, say U.S. diplomats according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

By Jose Solís, TheCostaRicaNews.com.During the last decade, and after the abdication of Julia Roberts as the Queen of Romantic Comedies, the genre has taken a turn for the worst as it tries to deal with female empowerment filtered through...