Costa Rica Electricity Costs to Go Up in July   See list below of the providers and rate increase from July 2016 The announcement of an increase to Costa Rica´s electricity was made on Tuesday by the Public Services Regulatory Authority Bar a decrea...

COSTA RICA BRACES ITSELF: AS UP TO 20,000 MIGRANTS HEAD TOWARDS THE BOARDER! COSTA RICA FACES THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF HOSTING AS MANY AS 20,000 MIGRANTS TRYING TO PASS THROUGH NICARAGUA TO THE US The makeshift PASO CANOAS camp in Puntarenas, set up by the ...

THE GOOD: The first licensed dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, was approved on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) which means there is every chance of its availability to the general public by next year. THE NOT SO GOOD: The Zika virus remains in the ...

La Niña replaces El Niño this rainy season in Costa Rica. As El Niño fuels droughts, the phenomenon of La Niña, already approaching Costa Rica, will end the dry spell of the last two years.  Due to reach our shores by August, the IMN  calls for the ...

WORLD AT WAR: COSTA RICA REMAINS ONLY 1 OF 10 COUNTRIES AT PEACE TODAY Shockingly in a recent report by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the majority of countries around the globe are at war.  The Global Peace Index 2016 confirms that Costa Rica is...

COSTA RICA AIRPORT TAX HIKE DUE TO TAKE EFFECT IN JULY 2016 Departing Costa Rica from all airports will rise by $2 in taxes, starting in July 2016 , bringing the total cost of your journey out of the country to $31. This additional $4.5 million a year col...