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By Samuel Logan and John P Sullivan for ISN Security WatchColombia and Costa Rica reaffirmed counternarcotics cooperation on 16 September, underscoring the reality of a new threat to security facing Costa Rica, a country known as the Switzerland of...

This beautiful photo of a Jaco sunset was submitted by Anna Marie Warres.  It was taken last weekend during her family's stay in the area. Thanks Anna Marie for the great photo and congratulations on being selected as this...

By JENNIFER KAY (AP)CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim president of Honduras for saying he will reverse an emergency decree suspending civil liberties in his country. But he warned that the results...

Submitted by: Ryan KellyIn light of the recent credit crunch it is my firmly held belief that the governments of the world should revoke the licences of commercial banks and in effect raze them to the ground. This theory...

San Jose (Agenzia Fides) -“A democracy without values...easily becomes a dictatorship and ends up betraying its own people.”This is what is read in the Message signed by Cardinal Hugo Barrantes Urena, Archbishop of San Jose (Costa Rica) and President...

The United States' Merida Initiative will be providing an additional $1 million for the improvement of money laundering prevention methods and improvement of the Costa Rican police force, bolstering the previous allocation of $4.3 million Costa Rica received earlier...

This photo of Mal Pais was submitted by John Hamlin during his recent tour of Pacific coast beaches.The rocky break from this surfing paradise is not for the faint of heart, but for the experienced surfer, this is one...

Submitted by: Jeffery CutlerThere have been a lot on people complaining lately about the Costa Rican Environment Tribunal’s decision to halt construction of the San Jose-Caldera highway pending more detailed environmental impact studies. While I understand their desire to...

By: Elizabeth MannThe Blue Morpho butterfly lives in the tropical rain forests of Latin America from Mexico to Columbia. They are among the largest butterflies in the world. The Blue Morpho's colorful wings serve as a special defense. When...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to "make good on the promise" for peace, saying that the 15-nation body "fails in its historic mission every day that it turns...