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The International Court of Justice in The Hague has ruled that Nicaragua must remove its troops from Isla Calero, the small island on the south side of Rio San Juan.

Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.comWe met at one of the 50,000 Starbucks (5 in this small city alone). She was a Christian from Africa, but she had been in the States long enough not to reveal that until well into our...

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 efforts to transform its police program were considered “ambitious” as well as “urgently needed” by American diplomats in Costa Rica, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.