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Costa Rican cuisine has earned a place on TasteAtlas’ list of the 100 best cuisines, giving the country a modest but welcome boost in international food recognition. The TasteAtlas Awards 25/26 ranked Costa Rican cuisine 85th globally, with a score of 3.98. The ranking was based...

Costa Rica’s long-planned electric train project could begin operating in the Greater Metropolitan Area in about five years, giving the Central Valley a new public transportation option between Paraíso de Cartago, San José and Alajuela. INCOFER projects the system could enter service in 2031,...

Guanacaste is facing one of the most severe forest fire seasons Costa Rica has ever recorded, with the province alone now reporting more fires in 2026 than the entire country registered during 2024, the previous record year for this type of emergency.

The area has recorded 144 forest fires so far this year, while Costa Rica closed 2024 with roughly 141 to 142 fires ...

Honduras police arrested former Tocoa Mayor Adán Fúnez Martínez on Tuesday along with two other men accused of ordering the 2024 murder of environmental activist and councilman Juan Antonio López. López was shot dead on the night of September 14, 2024, as he left a church in the northeastern town of Tocoa in Colón department.

Fúnez, who served as mayor at the time o...

Costa Rica and Uruguay marked 96 years of diplomatic relations with the launch of a commemorative postal issue honoring two figures closely tied to each country’s rural identity: the Costa Rican sabanero and the Uruguayan gaucho. The presentation took place at Palacio Santos, the headquarters of Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo.

The event brought...