The Costa Rica Piano Festival in its fifth edition will take place July 16 through July 21 and presentations will take place in the Musical Arts School (EAM) of the University of Costa Rica, the National Theater, the Eugene O’Neill Theater, the Costa Rica Tennis Club and the Municipal School of Integrated Arts of Santa Ana (EMAI). “The Costa Rica Piano Festival is one of the most important cult...

The morning Monday, July 2, officers of Management Investigation of the Professional Migratory Police arrested a Costa Rican woman during a search in the area of Getsemani, Heredia, as the main suspect of human smuggling ring through the forging of documents. The woman's last name Benavides De la O, forged different documents such as bank statements, municipal permits, social security orders, w...

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Costa Rica says goodbye to the Russia World Cup with a draw in a match that was just a formality for the Ticos, the team had lost the possibility of getting past the group stage after loosing to Serbia and Brazil. The performance of the La Sele national soccer team has been strongly criticized in this World Cup, particularly because of the strategy which has consisted mostly in the defensive ga...

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Costa Rican World Champion Hanna Gabriels is in Detroit ready to face U.S. World Champion Claressa Shields this Friday, June 22. Both fighters  successfully made weight, weighing in at 159.6 lbs just below the 160 lbs limit. The Costa Rican is the current WBO (World Boxing Organization) and WBA (Word Boxing Association) Female World Super Welterweight Champion (154 lbs.); while Shields is a ...

Heavy rains have been affecting several communities in the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica causing floods and damages to infrastructure. More rain is expected as of this Wednesday which has led the National Emergency Commission to emit a green alert for the Pacific coast and yellow alert for the area of La Cruz in Guanacaste and North Zone. “Atmospheric disturbances over the south of...

It is a known fact that incarcerated criminals in Costa Rica still manage to start new businesses, restart operations closed down by law enforcement, or maintain thriving organizations they bring with them from the outside. How can this happen, right under prison officials’ noses? The answer? Cell phones. Cell phones are, of course, prohibited in Costa Rican prison facilities. According to Costa ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAp3ZMKei1k The video above, “Calling on Costa Rica”, was produced by Metro Golden Mayer and narrated by James A. FitzPatrick, and it showcases the Costa Rica of 70 years ago, the Costa Rica of 1947. Back in 1947 things were very different in Costa Rica, the video even mentions the country had some of the best roads! Imagine that!...

Just days away from the Russia World Cup 2018, experts and fans start making their predictions; Germany, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, are some of the favorites to win the World Cup; for other smaller teams it seems an almost impossible dream. Four years ago during the Brazil World Cup, Costa Rica surprised the world by making it to the quarter finals; for many critics, it was luck, but in reality,...

The heavy and constant rains that have affected Costa Rica since last Friday have cause damage in different communities, floods, landslides, overflowing rivers and damaged infrastructure. Problems on Route 32 are not uncommon throughout the rainy season, and once again it remained closed for several hours as a result of multiple landslides. The road has since been cleared for transit once again...

If you are a fan of labyrinths Costa Rica offers several options for you, one of them is the Katira Labyrinth in Guatuso, Alajuela, the country’s biggest circular maze. The Katira labyrinth or Rafa’s Maze, covers 3,000 square meters, and it’s a fun stop if you are in the area of Rio Celeste since is just 1 kilometer away. Traveling from San Jose, it’s about a 4-hour drive. The record in find...

Timothy Philip, “Tim Don” known as “The Man With The Halo” has confirmed his participation in the Ironman 70.3 Essential Costa Rica triathlon event that will take place on June 24 in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. Don became a World Champion in 2006 and won the London Triathlon in 2007. He set a new Ironman World Record at the Ironman South American Championship in Florianopolis, Brazil on May 2...

The activity at the Poas volcano was captured on video this past May 25th, as members of the National Seismology Network were doing maintenance work in the area. The impressive footage shows the degasification with an important column of water vapor. “The degasification is persistent but passive, it consists in low temperature fumaroles rich in water vapor with a relatively low content of ma...

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How could anyone in their right mind give support for MS-13 gangsters? These “animals” and “vicious killers” as President Donald Trump refers to them are being arrested, jailed and deported in record numbers. Their unabated criminal activity is the only way these ‘people’ can support themselves because nobody in their right mind would hire them to do anything positive or constructive so they sell ...

1,276 Venezuelan citizens are registered to vote in Costa Rica, however, the majority chose not to cast their vote and this was evident in the movement at the Venezuelan embassy in San Pedro were very few made an appearance. Even though they preferred not to vote, members of this community gathered at the Plaza de la Democracia in San Jose to protest against this election process/ “None of us ...

A group of tourists found the baby sloth alone in Playa Cocles, Puerto Viejo, Limon, and brought him to the Jaguar Rescue Center, where the personnel and volunteers took on the task of searching for the mother. The baby sloth weighed only 400 grams. They recorded the baby sloth’s cry and went into the forest armed with speakers playing the recording over and over. It took them two days but they...

“Let’s Tour Costa Rica” is the new video created by LCA Productions for the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) which aims to promote national and international tourism in the country. The new Minister of Tourism, Maria Amalia Revelo, has commented that the objectives for the next four years are focused on working with small and medium size companies through the tourism chambers in the different r...

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Tension continue in Nicaragua where after three weeks the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.    The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) has the death toll raised to 50, however, other humanitarian organizations register as many as 63 dead. The protests are led by the group “April 19 Student Movement” formed by university students which has also receive...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-492o1WaME President of Costa Rica Signs Executive Decree to Take Steps Towards Reaching Carbon Neutrality...

Thule Group, the Swedish company market leader in cargo carriers for automobiles and leading company in the outdoor and bags market, chose Costa Rica to establish his first store in the region. The store opened doors in Multiplaza Escazu offering accessories for cars such as roof racks, baskets and bike racks as well as strollers, luggage, cargo carriers, bike trailers, child bike seats, backpa...

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Photo by Andy Mann / Waitt Foundation Facebook The expedition between Galapagos Island National Park in Ecuador and Coco Island National Park in Costa Rica took place April 2 through April 13 with the purpose of identifying marine migratory species that use this route and to quantify their distribution, abundance and diversity of their predators. The expedition was possible thanks to the joi...

Wednesday, May 4, the Costa Rican Government entered into an agreement with technological platform Global Fishing Watch to improve the controls over illegal fishing. The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Environment and Energy hope to improve through this alliance with Global Fishing Watch the analysis and mapping of the activities in Costa Rican waters and the patters of fishing in...

“Chepe se Tatúa” is the name of a tattoo marathon campaign, organized by the Costa Rican Technology Institute and the project “Chepe se Baña”, which provides homeless people of San José with the opportunity to take a shower and have access to a bathroom in a bus adapted for this purpose. The marathon hopes to raise funds to modify a bus into a mobile barber shop. Those interested in getting ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff ‘Hood’ politics is changing. Welcome to a new ‘Black America’ realizing its ok to like and support President Donald Trump. African-Americans are waking up with rapper Kanye West telling his brothers and sisters that it’s ok not to be a Democrat and so is Chance ...

U.S. company, Shoreline Entertainment, one of the longest-running and a highly-respected company in the film industry is joining Costa Rican production companies for the creation of projects in this country. The meetings between the companies were held during the Buyers Trade Mission (BTM) part of Costa Rica Services Summit event organized by PROCOMER (Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promotion Agency...

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While in the United States all bills are the same color, in Costa Rica like many other countries the bills are full of color and history. Perhaps you have never really paid attention to the bills, as a matter of fact, it is safe to say that if you ask a group of Costa Ricans the majority will be able to tell you the colors but won’t be able to say whose face is in each bill, or what other impor...

The United States will donate a third island-class patrol ship to Costa Rica in order to continue strengthening the country’s National Coast Guard Service. The United States has already donated two 110 foot boats which actually left from Baltimore and were scheduled  to arrive in  Caldera, Puntarenas at the beginning of April. The boats just crossed the Panama Canal yesterday and therefore shou...

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Pink pigs that appeared in different areas of San Jose, created expectation among fans during the weekend, and the concert has not officially been confirmed, Roger Waters will be offering a concert in Costa Rica November 24 at the National Stadium. The former bass player, singer and songwriter of the band Pink Floyd, confirmed the news through social media. The production company Move Concerts ...

Some years ago the police in Costa Rica had caught a pigeon that had attempted to smuggle drugs into prison, the famous bird was nick named the “narco-pigeon”, yesterday, penitentiary police caught a cat who was carrying a cell phone for “delivery” to an inmate. The feline had a bag tied around his neck in which he carried the mobile phone, charger and hands-free device. According to the off...

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Video by: Cusuko Fotografia The magnificence of the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica, one of the current active volcanoes in the country and the second highest sitting at 3,340 meters above sea level (10,958 ft.), is showcased in this video created by Costa Rican Iván Salazar Cruz from Cusuko Fotografia and featured in the Spanish version of National Geographic Magazine. The majority of the i...