Fyffes and CARE International advance women’s leadership and economic empowerment in Costa Rica through Trudi’s “...

Rural women from banana-growing communities in Costa Rica taking part in Trudi’s and CARE International UK’s Partnership for Good Programme.Marking International Women’s Day and the United Nations International Year of the Woman Farmer, Fyffes announces …

Costa Rica Forms First Symphony Orchestra With Only Women Performers

Costa Rica now has its first symphony orchestra that consists exclusively of women. The Sistema Nacional de Educación Musical assembled the ensemble as part of an initiative from the Ministry of Culture and Youth. The group counts 70 musicians. Members …

U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica Starts WhatsApp Channel

The U.S. Embassy in San José has established a dedicated WhatsApp channel to provide U.S. citizens with timely safety and security information while in Costa Rica. The channel, “U.S. Citizen Consular Information: COSTA RICA,” will disseminate security …

Costa Rica Cancels Planned Three-Week Closure of Route 243 Bridge at La Palma

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Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation

Our small boat motored almost silently along the river that ran in a serpentine path through the rich rainforest of the Tortuguero national park on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Monkeys, sloths and a variety of exotic birds could be glimpsed overhead …

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Bermuda Women Defeated By Costa Rica

The Bermuda’s women’s national football team were defeated 8-0 by Costa Rica in their Concacaf Women’s Championship qualifier. Costa Rica’s scorers were Fabiola Villalobos, Sheika Scott [2], Priscila Chinchilla [2], Katherine Alvarado, Stephannie Blanco …

Ticomap and Yo Viajo: The Mobility Ecosystem in Costa Rica

The vision of facilitating mobility in Costa Rica has led the Yo Viajo team to create a complete digital ecosystem. Beyond bus schedules, the initiative is promoting TicoMap, a platform designed specifically to connect users with local Costa Rican …

Catching Up with Costa Rica: Finca de Samford Update

Finca de Samford, Samford’s newest international study center, welcomed its first cohort of students six weeks ago at the beginning of January 2026.  Grace Estes, a senior Political Science major, said that studying in Costa Rica has been a daily adventure …

Robinson says Bermuda will learn from Costa Rica experience

Jaden Masters, right, played her final international match for Bermuda against Costa Rica (Photograph by Blaire Simmons) Bermuda 0 Costa Rica 8 Bermuda coach Naquita Robinson insists that the only way the senior women’s national team will improve is by …