Coco Gauff and Arthur Fils left the Cincinnati Open with the biggest trophies on Sunday, August 23, after winning two very different singles finals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Gauff defeated fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 to win the women’s title for the second time. Fils recovered from a difficult second set to […] The post Coco Gauff and Arthur Fils Win Cincinnati Open Titles appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

The Rincón de la Vieja volcano erupted twice today and the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori-UNA) reported no ashfall and no lahars from either event. The larger of the two came at 7:38 a.m. and lasted under a minute. Ovsicori classified it as moderate. A smaller eruption had already occurred at 12:30 […] The post Rincón de la Vieja Erupts Twice Ahead of Free National Parks Day appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

As Temporary Protected Status for roughly 170,000 to 200,000 Salvadorans in the United States comes to an end on September 9, most coverage of the deadline has focused on the true hardship awaiting families forced to uproot lives built over 25 years. That hardship is real and there are not many options left. If you […] The post El Salvador Faces a Major Test as TPS Ends in the United States appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Nicaragua’s Parliament on Saturday approved a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at rejecting international rulings and foreign laws. It will be put to a vote in September alongside another initiative seeking to exclude the opposition from elections. The measure, approved during a special session of the National Assembly, will be incorporated into the broader reform package […] The post Nicaragua Moves to Reject International Rulings and Foreign Laws appeared first on The Tico Times | Co...

Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ordered the Municipality of Osa to do more to remove unapproved businesses and makeshift structures from public beachfront land at Playa Dominical. The court issued the order after receiving a complaint that the local government had not fully followed an earlier ruling from November 2025. The latest decision was issued […] The post Costa Rica Court Targets Illegal Land Use at Playa Dominical appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Re...

The rain has eased but saturated ground keeps the risk high across the Caribbean and Northern Zone. Here is what is closed, what is reachable and what to check before you drive. The post Costa Rica flood emergency keeps 473 schools closed and 1,300 people in shelters appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Brandon Nakashima saved three consecutive match points before completing a dramatic comeback against Daniil Medvedev on Tuesday at the Cincinnati Open. The 27th-seeded American defeated the fourth seed 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-1, advancing to the round of 16 after two hours and 51 minutes. Nakashima appeared headed for elimination when he served at 4-5, 0-40 in […] The post Brandon Nakashima Saves Three Match Points to Stun Daniil Medvedev at Cincinnati Open appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa ...

Costa Rica Under Orange Alert as Caribbean Ground Reaches Saturation  The Tico Times

Family Demands Answers on Missing Political Prisoners in Nicaragua  The Tico Times

Costa Rica Heavy Rains Cause Flooding and Travel Disruptions  The Tico Times

Costa Rica’s Route 32 Reopens After a Morning Landslide Shuts the Highway  The Tico Times

One of Costa Rica’s Must-Do Trips: The Water Taxi from Sierpe to Drake Bay  The Tico Times

A criminal court judge in Pococí has struck down part of the isolation regime the Justice Ministry imposed on Alejandro Arias Monge, the man Costa Rican authorities described until last Friday as the most wanted fugitive, opening a direct confrontation between the Executive Branch and the Judiciary over who decides how a detainee awaiting trial […] The post Costa Rica’s government and courts collide over prison rules for Diablo appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Rea...

Costa Rican lawmakers have given initial approval to legislation that would allow authorities to pursue illegal mining and other serious environmental offenses using organized-crime laws. The Legislative Assembly approved the proposal in first debate with 53 votes. All five political groups represented in Congress supported the measure, reflecting growing concern about criminal networks involved in […] The post Costa Rica Moves to Treat Illegal Mining as Organized Crime appeared first on The ...

A travel vlog posted last week by Kai Trump, the eldest granddaughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has put a small stretch of Guanacaste coastline in front of one of the largest young American audiences any Costa Rican destination has reached this year. The 19-year-old published the video to her YouTube channel on July 25, […] The post Trump’s Granddaughter Puts Guanacaste Beach Town in Front of 1.5 Million Viewers appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Alejandro Arias Monge, the man Costa Rican authorities had described as the most wanted fugitive, spent his first night in custody inside the maximum security wing of the Jorge Arturo Montero Castro penitentiary complex, better known as La Reforma, in San Rafael de Alajuela. Arias Monge, identified by the alias Diablo, was detained early yesterday […] The post Diablo Spends First Night at La Reforma, All Visits Suspended appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Travel + Leisure has named Costa Rica one of ten places it recommends for Generation Z travelers to visit right now, in a list assembled from travel-industry advisors. The premise of the list is that younger travelers are moving away from the destinations social media has already saturated. The Costa Rica inclusion recommends Manuel Antonio, […] The post Costa Rica Named One of 10 Best Places for Gen Z Travelers Right Now appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Southwest Airlines has cancelled its planned Las Vegas–Costa Rica flight before the route ever operated, dropping what would have been the carrier’s longest international service. The airline confirmed yesterday that nonstop service between Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and Juan Santamaría International Airport has been removed from its schedule. All flights have disappeared […] The post Southwest Cancels Las Vegas–Costa Rica Flight Before It Ever Took Off appeared first on Th...

Costa Rica’s highest point is hard to reach, and for the past half-century that difficulty has been the policy. A proposal now circulating in the Legislative Assembly would change it. Álvaro Ramírez Bogantes, head of the National Liberation Party caucus and the deputy elected first on the party’s San José slate, said this week that […] The post Costa Rica Lawmaker Revives Cable Car Idea for Chirripó Summit appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you’re driving to or from the Caribbean coast or the Northern Zone today, or you own a home near a river in either region, plan around the rain before you leave. Costa Rica’s emergency commission is holding a yellow alert for the Northern Zone, the entire Caribbean slope and the canton of Turrialba as […] The post Tropical Wave 24 Keeps Three Costa Rica Regions on Alert appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Tour guides in Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce say humpback whales have been more difficult to find this season, raising questions about whether warmer ocean water is changing their normal movements. Guides have said August usually brings regular whale sightings inside the gulf but this year, however, this year they have experienced days when dozens of […] The post Fewer Humpback Whale Sightings Reported in Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real E...

Residents of Aserrí are facing prolonged water shortages that have disrupted homes, schools and businesses, while the local government considers handing control of its struggling water system to Costa Rica’s national water utility. The municipality has acknowledged that the problem has existed for years but says it has become worse during the current dry period. […] The post Costa Rica Community Struggles With Water Shortages and Contamination Concerns appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa...

If you have outdoor plans today, you have a decent window — but it closes in the afternoon on the Pacific side, and the bigger item is still a day or two out. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional forecasts a manageable Sunday, with rain concentrated at the edges of the day in the Caribbean and Northern […] The post Costa Rica’s Sunday forecast and the tropical wave behind it appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Twenty-four Costa Rican citizens are being held while courts decide whether they should be sent to the United States, Panama or France to face international drug charges. The United States has requested 20 of the suspects. Panama and France have requested two each. An extradition request does not mean that a person has been found […] The post Costa Rica Reviews 24 Extradition Requests in Drug Cases appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Five dental clinic groups received a new certification this month aimed squarely at foreign patients, the clearest signal yet that Costa Rica intends to compete for a larger share of a market where a single visitor can be worth more than a family of vacationers. To qualify, a clinic must document experience treating international patients, […] The post Costa Rica Bets on Dental Tourism to Draw Higher Spending Visitors appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

The former Manchester City and West Ham striker is reported to be closing an agreement to take over at Herediano, a job he has held twice before. The club has not announced it. The post Paulo Wanchope expected back at Herediano for a third spell in charge appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

The trial of former Health Minister Joselyn Chacón has been postponed until October after a court ruled that her attorney had abandoned the defense and the former official missed two scheduled hearings because of a medical condition. The Tribunal of the First Judicial Circuit of San José rescheduled the trial for October 23, 2026. Chacón […] The post Former Costa Rica Health Minister’s Trial Delayed After Lawyer Leaves Case appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Es...

More than 900 Costa Rican schools have no classes this Monday  The Tico Times

General Cañas Highway Lane Closures Begin Monday in Costa Rica  The Tico Times

Novak Djokovic Reveals Health Issue After Cincinnati Open Loss  The Tico Times

The Panama Canal Opened 112 Years Ago Today  The Tico Times

Five Costa Rican Surfers Advance at Playa Hermosa WSL Event  The Tico Times

Costa Rican surfer Rachel Agüero Cabezas won the women’s shortboard title at the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic tpday, delivering Costa Rica its first gold medal in surfing in the history of the regional competition. The 20-year-old beat Barbados’ Chelsea Tuach 10.50 points to 7.33 in the final at Playa Encuentro […] The post Costa Rica Wins Its First Surfing Gold Medal in Regional Games History appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real...

A new push of Saharan dust is expected to spread across Costa Rica this week, bringing hazy skies, reduced visibility and poorer air quality, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the most difficult days. The dust will affect nearly all of Costa Rica, although higher concentrations are expected in Alajuela, western parts of the […] The post Costa Rica Warns of Poor Air Quality as Saharan Dust Arrives appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you have a flight out of Juan Santamaría today, a shuttle booked to the airport, or a drive between Cartago and San José, leave earlier than you planned. Ride-app drivers have called a protest for 9 a.m. today, and the roads they say they will use are the ones that carry nearly everyone. Organizers […] The post Ride-app protest could slow your drive across the Valle Central this morning appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Scientists in Ecuador announced Thursday that they had genetically identified 8,000 new insect species in a protected forest in the Ecuadorian Chocó Andino, a region designated as a World Biosphere Reserve. Researchers used genetic material from specimens collected in the private Mashpi-Tayra reserve, located northwest of Quito, and compared it with genetic information from other […] The post Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica Ne...

Every July 25, Costa Rica marks one of the defining moments in our history. Two hundred and two years ago, a decision taken in a small colonial town on the Pacific coast redrew our country’s map, expanded its economy and permanently enriched its cultural identity. The date is commonly called the “Annexation of Guanacaste,” but […] The post Costa Rica Celebrates 202 Years Since Nicoya Chose to Join the Nation appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you live in Sarapiquí, Guápiles, Siquirres or the South Caribbean, today is not going to be a normal Friday. Schools are closed. Route 4 was cut through Sarapiquí. Hundreds of your neighbors slept in shelters. And the ground under all of it is holding about as much water as it can hold. The Comisión […] The post Costa Rica Flooding Closes 267 Schools as Sarapiquí Evacuations Climb appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly was forced to disconnect its information systems yesterday after detecting an attempted cyberattack overnight, paralyzing congressional business for a full day and prompting opposition lawmakers to warn that any decisions taken without normal access to legislative documents could later be challenged. Congress President Yara Jiménez told the plenary at the start […] The post Cyberattack Forces Costa Rica’s Congress to Shut Down Its Systems appeared first on Th...

Costa Rica is among 60 economies that the United States has targeted for new tariffs tied to a federal investigation into forced labor in global supply chains, and formal announcements could come within days after US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled on Tuesday that the measures are nearing completion. Greer described the pending action during […] The post Costa Rica Faces a Proposed 12.5 Percent US Tariff appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you were jolted awake around 1:40 a.m. this morning you felt one of the strongest quakes to hit the San José area this year. The shaking was sharp and close, and you should expect more of it through the day. The first quake hit at 1:37 a.m. with its epicenter in Vásquez de Coronado, […] The post Two earthquakes shake Costa Rica’s Central Valley before dawn appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Costa Rica has some of the best solar radiation conditions anywhere in the world and already runs on nearly 100 percent renewable electricity. Yet solar power contributes less than one percent of the national grid, a gap that has little to do with sunshine and everything to do with law. The Costa Rican Electricity Institute, […] The post Why Costa Rica’s Solar Potential Remains Almost Entirely Untapped appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula will meet for the Cincinnati Open title after both Americans won their semifinal matches on Saturday. Their showdown will be the tournament’s first all-American women’s singles final since Rosie Casals faced Nancy Richey in 1970. Pegula earned her place with a hard-fought 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory over defending champion Iga […] The post Gauff and Pegula Set Up All-American Cincinnati Open Final appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Thiago Agustín Tirante’s breakthrough week at the Cincinnati Open continued Wednesday as the Argentine rallied past Jakub Mensik to reach the first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career. Tirante recovered after losing a tight opening set to defeat the 14th-seeded Czech 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. The victory sets up a Thursday night quarterfinal against France’s […] The post Argentine Thiago Tirante Extends Dream Cincinnati Run Into Quarterfinals appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | ...

Opposition lawmakers asked Costa Rica’s Constitutional Chamber today to immediately suspend a decree that places broad categories of government security information, including budgets and public contracts, under state secrecy. Lawmakers from the National Liberation Party, Broad Front, Social Christian Unity Party and the Citizen Agenda Coalition filed a constitutional challenge against the Executive Decree. The […] The post Costa Rica Lawmakers Challenge Sweeping State-Secrecy Order appeared ...

An internal audit at Costa Rica’s National Roadway Council (Conavi) has warned that construction work on the Barranca-Limonal highway disrupted natural overhead routes used by wildlife, potentially leaving animals more exposed to traffic. Conavi’s executive director, Mauricio Sojo, disputed the audit’s description of what happened. He said the natural crossings were not deliberately removed but […] The post Costa Rica Highway Project Faces Questions Over Removal of Wildlife Routes appeared fi...

Costa Rica’s Corcovado Faces Ranger Shortage and Environmental Crime  The Tico Times

Possible Archaeological Find in Costa Rica Delays Water Project  The Tico Times

Costa Rican Surfers Chase a Home Title as WSL Finals Day Runs at Playa Hermosa  The Tico Times

Costa Rica Beach Overwhelmed by Trash Flowing Down Tárcoles River  The Tico Times

Costa Rica Estate Becomes Refuge for Rare Agami Heron  The Tico Times

Land at Juan Santamaría, open your ride app, and under a bill moving through Costa Rica’s Congress there would be no legal ride waiting for you. Lawmakers filed 282 changes to that bill. A legislative committee finished working through them on Tuesday and approved nine of them. The bill now goes back to the full […] The post Costa Rica Bill Would Bar Uber Drivers From Airport Pickups appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you need to move between San José and Cartago this weekend, the train just became the easiest way to do it, and the highway is about to become the hardest. Passenger service on the Cartago line will run without a break for 27 hours, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, and ending […] The post Costa Rica Trains Will Run 27 Hours Straight for the Romería appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

The Costa Rican Football Federation has thrown a second-division club out of the sport for ten years after its investigators concluded the team took part in manipulating four matches during the 2025 season, in what is now the fifth match-fixing case in Costa Rican football to end in sanctions. The Disciplinary Commission of the Federación […] The post Costa Rica Expels Second-Division Club for 10 Years Over Match-Fixing appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

If you cross between Puntarenas and the southern Nicoya Peninsula in the next few weeks, expect fewer sailings, fuller boats and longer waits at the ramp. Starting the evening of Thursday, July 30, only one vessel will work the Puntarenas–Playa Naranjo route. The San Lucas II comes out of service that night and stays out […] The post Costa Rica Ferry to Nicoya Peninsula Loses Two Daily Sailings appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

A Costa Rican citizen is among two men stabbed Thursday afternoon in a pair of attacks on Manhattan’s Upper West Side that New York police are investigating as a possible hate crime, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. The Costa Rican, a 50-year-old man, was stabbed in the chest with a screwdriver near the […] The post Costa Rican Stabbed in Manhattan Attack Investigated as Possible Hate Crime appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Costa Rican authorities detained Alejandro Arias Monge, the fugitive known as “Diablo,” early Friday morning in Sarapiquí, ending a manhunt that had run for nearly a decade and had drawn a half-million-dollar reward from the United States government. Attorney General Carlo Díaz confirmed the detention, which followed an armed confrontation between officers of the Judicial […] The post Costa Rica Captures Its Most Wanted Fugitive, After a Decade on the Run appeared first on The Tico Times | Co...

Spanish carrier Iberojet will add a third weekly flight between Madrid and San José beginning in late November, expanding one of Costa Rica’s few direct links to continental Europe ahead of the Christmas travel season. The new service will depart Madrid on Thursdays, joining the airline’s existing Tuesday and Saturday departures to San Jose’s Juan […] The post Iberojet Adds Third Weekly Flight Between Madrid and Costa Rica appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Est...

Archaeologists exhumed human remains estimated to be nearly 3,000 years old on the outskirts of San Salvador, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement. The remains form part of a pre-Hispanic burial discovered at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlán, a district in the metropolitan area of San Salvador (municipality of La […] The post Archaeologists Exhume Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Remains Near San Salvador appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Costa Rica’s national railway institute is pushing to link the country’s trains, buses, and taxis into a single coordinated network, a plan its backers say could finally give commuters in the capital region a faster alternative to sitting in traffic. The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) is promoting what it calls an intermodal public transport […] The post Costa Rica Plans Integrated Train and Bus Network to Ease Traffic Congestion appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Ri...