Tropical Storm Ida formed in the southwest Caribbean The ninth named storm of the hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ida, has arrived. The storm system is located in the southern Caribbean, just south of Nicaragua. It is producing heavy rains,...

A raid in a drug-riddled area north of San José was conducted by government officials on Wednesday, two days after a 78-year-old man was shot and killed when caught in a drug-related firefight. The operation involved some 80 officials from the Publ...

Mexico is working with Latin American peers Colombia and Costa Rica to fight greenhouse gases via carbon storage, the nation’s Environment Secretary Juan RafaelElvira Quesada said on Monday. “We are working with Costa Rica and Colombia o...

Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oscar Arias has contracted influenza A-H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, and was under medical treatment, reported today by the Minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias. “In the afternoon ...