Fox Miss Costa Rica, Natalia Carvajal, joked with Steve Harvey over his Miss Universe mistake in 2015. When Harvey asked her what advice she could give a fellow television personality, she told him to read envelopes carefully. The host announced the wrong winner at the 2015 pageant. Steve Harvey can’t live down his Miss Universe […]
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Deal Alert: US to Costa Rica From $212 Round-Trip
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4 US Tourists and Guide Drown in Costa Rica Rafting Incident
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Pagans Step Out of the Shadows in Sunny Costa Rica
Think paganism, and you probably don’t think of a conservative, Catholic-majority country in Central America. But Costa Rica, with its beautiful beaches and tropical charm, is emerging as an unlikely base for a growing pagan movement battling stereotypes and discrimination to assert its distinct identity. Denied the status of adhering to an official religion, pagans […]
I Moved to Costa Rica to Escape Trump
An exclusive OZY/SurveyMonkey nationwide poll found that while 13 percent of Americans would move abroad for a romantic relationship, more would do it for politics, including 38 percent of Democrats who’d leave because of the political climate. Like most people, we thought Trump was pulling another publicity stunt. When it became clear that he was […]
World Cup 2018: Marcus Rashford gives Gareth Southgate England issue after Costa Rica win
Marcus Rashford and Danny Welbeck were both on target as the Three Lions rounded off their World Cup preparations with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica at Elland Road. Rashford fired into the roof of the net with a stunning 30-yard strike after 13 minutes, while Welbeck added the finishing touches to the victory in […]
Costa Rica elects young, center-left progressive by a surprisingly large margin
Costa Rica’s President-elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada ran up a bigger-than-expected margin of victory in Sunday’s runoff election. The 38-year-old former minister in the outgoing government is now set to join French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as democratically elected heads of state before turning 40. Alvarado Quesada said he decided […]
Costa Rica suspends airline after a plane crash that killed 12 people
Costa Rica’s Civil Aviation/AP Costa Rica’s civil aviation agency suspended a local airline after a plane crash killed 12 people. Civil aviation authorities called it a preventative measure. SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s civil aviation agency suspended local airline Nature Air on Friday, two weeks after one of its small planes crashed near a […]
Lady Amelia Windsor poses in New Year’s Eve Instagram snap in Costa Rica
Lady Amelia Windsor is a big fan of social media, and the 36th in line to the British throne has updated her followers again with a New Year’s snap. The 22-year-old model and student at Edinburgh University has been dubbed the “most beautiful royal” by Tatler magazine. She is grandchild of the Duke of Kent, […]
I lived in Costa Rica for a year, and everyone was worried about climate change
veroxdale / Shutterstock When my family moved from Maine to a mountain in Costa Rica for a year, we discovered a tropical wonderland—a dense forest covered by a protective blanket of clouds and adorned with woody vines, wild orchids, 15-foot tree ferns, and exotic wildlife. We knew to expect sloths, parrots, and even scorpions in […]