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Global Revolution?

The core philosophy of the United Nations, the highest expression of vaunted “international community,” is dead-ending before our eyes over the crisis in Libya. Muammar Qaddafi is smashing the arbitrary distinction between internal and external, national and international. As a...

Aggressive Driving Deters Ticos From Commuting to Work

Bad drivers, aggressive driving, contamination, lack of information, rude passengers, noisy traveling companions, and interruptions of service are the seven problems that Costa Ricans encounter in their commutes to work.

Foreigners Can Easily Obtain a Driver’s License in Costa Rica

Foreigners may now skip some of the steps originally required to obtain a Costa Rica driver's license, making the process much easier and hopefully more pleasant.

Questioning Together

By Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com. Perhaps the most difficult thing for people to do, no matter what their cultural background, is questioning together. It’s strange that a natural action, which forms and forges the deepest and truest connection between human...

4th Annual Costa Rica Blues Festival

The 4th Annual Costa Rica Blues Festival will be the largest to date with 5 international acts and four Costa Rican blues bands on the schedule.

Quality International Education in the South Pacific, Costa Rica

Both public schools and new private schools are strengthening their educational centers by encouraging new growth and accessibility for local families and foreign families who wish to relocate.

Censorship by the Right and Left

By Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com. I am perhaps one of the few columnists on the Net that bears the dubious distinction of having been censored by both the far Right and the far Left. The Chico Enterprise-Record (E-R) is a very conservative...

Film Review: The Green Hornet

Michel Gondry is without a doubt one of the most inventive working directors. However, his unusually perceptive eye to find humanity in the quirkiest details seems to have taken a holiday when he directed The Green Hornet.

Proud to Live in Costa Rica: A Soldier’s Cry of 21st Century Socialism

A recent speech made in the República of Honduras, during the International Forum "21st Century Socialism & its influence in Latin America."

4.8 Earthquake Hits Guanacaste, No Damage Reported Yet

According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), the earthquake tonight was felt in most of the country and had a magnitude of 4.8 degrees on the Richter scale. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), reported a magnitude of 4.7...
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Costa Rican Crew First to Film Predatory Behavior of Newly Discovered Cat in Bolivia

SAN JOSÉ / LA PAZ — A Costa Rica-based documentary team from Botanica Films has made history by becoming...