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The traffic in certain areas of the metropolitan area of Costa Rica is usually difficult on a Friday afternoon, but the heavy rains that affected the country caused floods that made the problem much worse.. San Rafael and San Antonio de Belén in Heredia; Desamparados, Pavas, Santa Ana and Paseo Colón in San José are just some of the areas affected by the rains, which are caused, according ...

In the wake of the tragic killing of a Canadian teacher over a week ago in Puerto Viejo, Limón, police have upped their presence.. Through a number of different patrols, as well as meetings and conversations with community members and visitors, police aim to create a peaceful and safe environment for residents and tourists alike.. An operation involving several different police …

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In the calm, clean waters of the Golfo Dulce in the southern coast of Costa Rica near the Osa Península, scientists Alejandro Solórzano and Mahmood Sasa from the University of Costa Rica found the object of their investigation, a 60 cm entirely yellow sea snake. The investigators believe this is an endemic species, that has been isolated in this region due to …

Costa Rica registered this Wednesday, April 28th, a new record on the number of new Covid-19 cases a total of 2,434. With this new number, the total cases reach 245,601 out of which 40,184 are active. 351 people remain in intensive care while another 467 are hospitalized.

In the past The Costa Rica Star has published about Prostitution in San Jose Costa Rica, and the price of those sexual services, using information from various Universities in Costa Rica.. When people think of Costa Rica they picture its toucans, monkeys, volcanoes, and pristine beaches with amazing surfing locations up and down the coasts.

A very unusual road accident caused the death of two people the evening of Thursday October 10th in Garabito, Puntarenas. The Fire department reported the accident took place at approximately 7:53 p.m. in front of Nativa Resort on route 34 when a bus that was traveling from Jacó towards Orotina suddenly received the impact through the front windshield of two tractor trailer wheels which went ...

As a result of the heavy rains that have affected the country in the past few days floors are saturated and floods have been reported in different areas of the country, the National Emergency Commission (CNE) in Costa Rica declared a red alert for five counties: Nicoya, Nandayure and Hojancha in Guanacaste and Corredores and Coto Brus in the South Pacific region.

Data from the Costa Rican Health Ministry for the first nearly five months of 2017 show a decrease in the number of new dengue cases compared to last year. Additionally, last year there were three strains of the virus circulating, and this year only two have been detected. Atenas and Montes de Oro in the Central Pacific foothills are the top two counties with dengue cases this year. Miramar ...