Costa Rica is a small but stunning country in Central America, located between Nicaragua (north) and Panama (south). It is ...

You may know friends or family who’ve moved to places like Mexico, Portugal or Costa Rica to live more frugally to live out the retirement of their dreams. However, if you’re looking to stay in the ...

Photo via JosephC5 / Wikimedia Commons. Happy Throwback Thursday! For today’s #TBT, we go way back to the late 19th century. In 1884, San José, Costa Rica, became one of the first cities in the world ...

This Monday, June 6, in the context of World Environment Day, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the German Development Cooperation ...

A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, according to new maps released this week by the Office of the State Fire Marshal ...

Gallo pinto was my first taste of Costa Rica, a local breakfast dish of white rice and black beans which creates a speckled effect and where the etymology of the name derives – gallo pinto meaning ...

A strong, 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Costa Rica on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 1:43 p.m. Eastern about 25 ...

Ecuador has emerged as the most insecure country in Latin America, with its homicide rate surging to an unprecedented 38.8 per 100,000 inhabitants — up sharply from just 6.46 in 2015, according to an ...