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A 58-year-old Costa Rican hiker who had been missing for four days inside Chirripó National Park was found alive this morning, ending an extensive search across some of the most difficult mountain terrain here in Costa Rica. Reynaldo Pineda Lizano was found at approximately 8:05 a.m. in an area known as Las Morenas, about 800 meters, or half a mile, away from the established ...

Wild white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica are learning to use a touchscreen in the middle of the forest, giving researchers a new way to study animal intelligence without taking the monkeys out of their natural environment. The system, called CapuchinAI, combines artificial intelligence, cameras, a touchscreen and an automatic food dispenser at the Taboga Forest Reserve...

The U.S. dollar has fallen to its lowest level in Costa Rica’s modern wholesale foreign-exchange market, increasing the squeeze on those residents who earn in dollars and adding fresh pressure on tourism businesses already worried about the rising cost for foreign visitors.

The dollar averaged ₡449.17 in Thursday’s session of the Mercado de Monedas Extranjeras(Monex...

Latin American players made an immediate impact as the Cincinnati Open main draw began Thursday, with Argentina’s Mariano Navone and Thiago Agustín Tirante advancing while several more players from the region prepared to take the court Friday. Tirante produced the most dramatic result of the...

If you are going to the Caribbean coast or the Northern Zone over the next few days, plan for rain and give yourself more time on the road than you think you may need.

Costa Rica’s national emergency commission declared a green alert yesterday for the Caribbean and the Northern Zone. Green is the lowest of