A team of searchers and scientists from Costa Rica and Argentina will once again look for evidence of the crash of the TC-48, one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries in the history of aviation. The events surrounding the tragic flight of the TC-48 were covered in greater length in a previous article by The Costa Rica Star. On November 3rd of 1965, a military aircraft from the Argentin...

In November 3rd of 1965, a military aircraft from the Argentinian Air Force carrying 68 airmen experienced damage in one of its engines and plunged into the jungle of the indigenous Talamanca region of Costa Rica. More than 45 years later, the mystery of what really happened to the crew and passengers of that unfortunate flight remains. According to newspaper La Manana de Cordoba, the famil...

As Ticos awake to another tranquil Christmas in one of the world's most peaceful democracies, it bears importance to remember Christmas Day almost a quarter of a century ago, when Costa Rica assumed a crucial role as a mediator for peace in the region. On December 25th, 1987, world leaders were closely monitoring hostilities in Nicaragua, a country which, along with Afghanistan, had become th...

The Minister of the Exterior has presented a formal diplomatic complaint against its counterpart in Managua regarding an alleged invasion by Nicaraguan soldiers this past Monday. According to the Europa Press news bureau, the diplomatic dispatch explained that members of Nicaragua's security forces were conducting a patrol and advanced about a kilometer into Tico territory, voicing taunts directed...