Source: samasati.com LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Hospitality Solutions, Inc., (OTC: PNOW) announced today, that the Samasati Retreat & Rainforest Sanctuary, Costa Rica's first Eco Retreat Bio Reserve and Yoga Center, has been added to the Oveedia database. The addition of Samasati to the Oveedia database marks yet another major property listing exclusively on Pure's dual ...

Today, August 31st, Costa Rica celebrates Afro Costa Rican Day, and one of the first activities that many Ticos will undertake this morning will consist of enjoying the most iconic dish of this country. It so happens that gallo pinto, a delicious breakfast that masterfully combines day-old rice and beans with fresh vegetables and spices, is a meal that we owe to Afro Caribbean immigrants in the fi...

Source: OIJ Agents from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initials: OIJ) are currently looking for two female tourists in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica. According to a wire report published by online news daily CRHoy.com, the two women were last seen two nights ago at bar in the downtown district of Limon. One of the tourists has been identified with a last name of Martine...

PR-Inside.com: 2015-08-07 -- Sacred Warrior’s Vanessa Chakour and powerhouse yogi, wellness educator and internationally known musician, Bibi McGill are running two back to back retreats in Costa Rica later this year, with a corresponding online course starting in October. The retreats will offer daily yoga and Sacred Warrior boxing, plant medicine, vegan meals, ceremony, jungle hikes with animals...

Fuerza Publica guards the rescued sea turtles. Source: MSP Despite dangerous surf conditions off the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, law enforcement and environmental protection officers apprehended three men suspected of hunting sea turtles with harpoons. According to press release CP-1407-2013 of the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP), the incident occurred on Wednesday aftern...

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Media Release -- A third location for Operation Jairo, the 2015 Sea Turtle Defense Campaign, will be launched in Florida this week. The campaign will bring Sea Shepherd volunteers from Belgium, China, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and United States to the shores of southeastern Florida’s Greater Fort Lauderdale area beginning on Wednesday, July 15. Opera...

Wikimedia Commons San Juan, Jul 13 (EFE; additional reporting by The Costa Rica Star) - A group of poachers could have been responsible for the killing of an endangered hawksbill sea turtle that was found dead on a beach in Puerto Rico's Efrain Archilla Diez Natural Reserve, officials said. The Natural and Environmental Resources Department, or DRNA, said that during its preventive patrol w...

Sea Shepherd Media Release – Volunteers for the 2015 Sea Turtle Defense Campaign Operation Jairo are currently on the ground in Costa Rica and Honduras, defending endangered nesting turtles and their eggs from poaching. With an average of only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings surviving to adulthood, these imperiled marine animals need our help in order to have a fighting chance against extinctio...

Source: MSP Last week, officers from Fuerza Publica (the national police force of Costa Rica) assigned to the Caribbean region rescued a green sea turtle that was likely on its way to being butchered. The incident occurred in the port city of Limon during an operation conducted by members of the Special Intervention Unit (Spanish initials: UIP), who were working together with Fuerza Publica...

Source: MSP Five men were arrested earlier this week after police officers found them in possession of a butchered sea turtle from a virtually extinct species that is just starting to return to Costa Rica. According to an official communication from the Ministry of Public Security, the incident occurred in Moin, a coastal district of the Caribbean province of Limon.   Officers from ...

Source: U.S. Embassy The National Coast Guard Service of Costa Rica will be augmenting its marine and shore patrols in the Pacuare sector of the Caribbean province of Limon. According to a news report filed by Angie Guerrero of online news daily CRHoy.com, four to five Coast Guard officers per shift will be assigned to patrol Pacuare in light of the attacks on volunteers from the Sea Shepherd ...

Source: Fuerza Publica Since March, officers from Fuerza Publica (the national police force of Costa Rica) assigned to the Caribbean port city of Limon have been conducting nighttime beach patrols for the purpose of bringing protection to the sea turtles that massively arrive during nesting season. When the officers working the night shift attend roll call and receive their patrol briefing,...

Source: Sea Shepherd SEA SHEPHERD Media Release -- A group of 11 volunteers working with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s Sea Turtle Defense Campaign Operation Jairo were physically attacked by poachers last night during a peaceful patrol of Costa Rica’s Pacuare Beach to locate and protect nesting endangered turtles and their eggs. Two volunteers sustained minor injuries. Upon spotting t...

They miss Jairo. Source: Sea Shepherd (Sea Shepherd Press Release) -- Volunteers from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s Operation Jairo campaign, currently protecting sea turtles and their nests in Pacuare, Limon, Costa Rica, have warned that poachers in the area are planning actions against their personal safety. Operation Jairo Ground Leader for Costa Rica, Brett Bradley reports that he...

Source: Marta Castro Facebook Three surfers waiting for sets at a prime spot in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica this past weekend were surprised to see a deer rush out of the forest and jump right into the water, whereupon it walked on the shallow reef section before swimming out to meet the breakers. According to a news report filed by Marcela Cantero of national newspaper La Nacion, the...

Source: MSP Officers from the National Coast Guard Service of Costa Rica were busy earlier this week in the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica as they intercepted a large shipment of compressed and vacuum-sealed marijuana aboard two motor vessels: one named “Leon” and the other “FIFA.” Four suspects were detained in the operation, which started with maritime surveillance by means of vis...

Poacher caugh in the act. Source: Sea Shepherd SEA SHEPHERD Media Release -- Just days after the May 31st launch of sea turtle defense campaign Operation Jairo, Sea Shepherd volunteers have located and stopped a poaching operation on Costa Rica’s Pacuare Beach. Shortly after darkness began to fall on the night of June 4th, Sea Shepherd volunteers were preparing to begin their nightly beach ...

Wikimedia Commons SEATTLE, June 1, 2015 /CNW/ -- Six Holland America Line ships will sail 11 full transits of the Panama Canal and one ship will offer 14 itineraries that feature both the southern Caribbean and partial transits during fall 2015 through spring 2016. With cruises ranging from 10 to 22 days, Holland America Line provides guests more in-depth ways to experience the Panama Canal...

Wilmington, NC (PRWEB) May 29, 2015 – Sea Turtle Camp, a leading marine biology camp for teens ages 14-17, is offering a summer camp program in Costa Rica from July 6-19, 2015. Sea turtles abound in Costa Rica with six of the world’s seven species found here. The beaches and waters are full of turtle observing opportunities, and campers will take full advantage. Costa Rica is considered one of ...

The Constitutional Chamber, Costa Rica's highest court, recently issued a ruling in favor of two environmental activists who had been labeled “personae non grata” by the Municipality of Talamanca, located in the Southern Caribbean coast. The high court, which is colloquially known as Sala IV, issued a very strong opinion against the Municipal Council of Talamanca, whose members arbitrarily issued ...

They miss Jairo. Source: Sea Shepherd The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recently announced Operation Jairo, a sea turtle protection campaign that will take place this summer in southeastern Florida, Honduras and Costa Rica. Among the sites to be patrolled by Sea Shepherd volunteers this season is Moin Beach in Costa Rica’s Caribbean province of Limón, the site of the tragic murder of young...

Jairo Mora loved to teach children about nature. Wikimedia Commons April 23, 2015 – FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherd) announces sea turtle defense campaign Operation Jairo, to take place this summer in three regions critical to nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings – southeastern Florida, Honduras and Costa Rica. Last season, Sea Shepherd was involved i...

Source: MSP An 8-year old girl from an indigenous tribe in Costa Rica was elated to learn that her stay at the hospital would culminate with an exciting helicopter ride over the green mountains of Talamanca. Officers from the Air Surveillance Service, a specialized unit serving the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP), flew a humanitarian mission to get a little girl and a relat...

Source: Ricardo Retana - Twitter With picket signs, banners, slogans, songs, and a general feeling of indignation, a march in memory of slain environmentalist Jairo Mora took place in San Jose on Thursday, January 29th. Demonstrators were united by a common sentiment and desire to see justice prevail in Jairo's memory. Jairo Mora was 26 years old when he was killed by a group of poachers in...

Jairo Mora loved to teach children about nature. Wikimedia Commons Some of the mobile phone conversations and text messages between the seven men suspected of being responsible for the killing of environmentalist Jairo Mora in Costa Rica prove that they should not have been cleared of their murder charges. Such is the report published by tabloid and muckraking daily Diario Extra, which has obt...

Jairo Mora Sandoval The seven men charged with the gruesome murder of environmental activist Jairo Mora Sandoval, who was killed while exercising his passion of protecting the sea turtles that massively arrive in Costa Rica during their nesting season, have been cleared of homicide. The murder occurred in late May 2013, and an organized gang of sea turtle poachers was believed to be behind the...

File Photo An armed man was shot dead by Tourism Police officers in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica after a foot pursuit in a mountainous forest. According to a report by Evelin Andino Espinoza of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Tourism Police officers assigned to Punta Uva of Manzanillo, province of Limon, were in pursuit of various armed suspects when one of them suddenly fired multiple times...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Ligia Fallas, a legislator who represents the Caribbean city of Limon under the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) political party, is standing her ground with regard to a derogatory comment she made about Costa Rica in reaction to a port construction project. Last week, Legislator Fallas took to social network Twitter to express her dissatisfaction over the approval given t...

Source: Wikimedia Commons The town of Puerto Viejo in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is a haven for backpackers, vacationers and expats seeking a warm climate, an ultra-relaxed atmosphere and the friendliness of the local Afro Costa Ricans and indigenous inhabitants. Alas, the infrastructures of Puerto Viejo and the city of Limon are vulnerable to natural disasters such as storm surge and t...

One of the most exuberant nature preserves in the world is located in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica. As its name correctly implies, the Tortuguero National Park is brimming with turtles of all kinds: marine, freshwater and terrestrial turtles rule this haven for wildlife, which is also home to lush plant species, exotic birds, wild felines, caimans, sloths, manatees, and much more. Tortuguero...

Earlier this week, the Caribbean Port of Limon was the temporary home of Patrouillevaartuig Zr. Ms. Holland (P840), a magnificent patrol boat in the service of the Coast Guard of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This vessel's visit to Costa Rica was carried out in support of the ratification of a treaty that creates a Joint Patrol Agreement between our country, the Netherlands, and other nations th...

The uncomfortable two-week strike by dock workers in the Caribbean ports of Costa Rica was closely watched by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, the ITF was not pleased with the poor handling by the government and by the violent actions that surrounded the strike. Before the strike ended, 400 cruise ship tourists were directly affe...

Source> Wikimedia Commons After a lengthy meeting that ran into the late night hours of Wednesday, the government of Costa Rica and the powerful dock workers' union in the Caribbean region signed an agreement to put an end to the strike that started on October 22nd in the ports of Limon and Moin. The strike, which had turned violent and extremely political at times, seemed as if it would ne...

New beginnings are old hat at upscale Hotel Le Caméléon in Costa Rica, where their motto is “Every day is a new day”. The Costa Rica boutique hotel on the southern Caribbean Coast, that changes the color of its décor daily like a chameleon, is marking its fifth anniversary year with the opening of its new La Sula Sea Lounge on the beach at Playa Cocles. A vivacious opening party will be held...

Updated January 2017 Costa Rica is a top world travel destination because it has something for everyone: tropical rainforest, green mountains, spectacular beaches, active volcanoes, wild rivers and lakes, and charming towns. The dry tropical forest and wide savannas of the north Pacific are as varied as the dense, steamy jungle of the south Pacific, the misty cool cloud forest high in the centr...

Puerto Viejo and the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica will host the second big surf competition in the 2014 Olympus National Surfing Circuit later this month. The Lime Coral Caribbean Classic II will be held January 25 and 26 at Playa Cocles just south of Puerto Viejo. Top surfers from all over Costa Rica will compete in seven categories in the race for the national champion title: Open Division (...

Source: Fuerza Publica A band of four thieves suspected of robbing truck drivers in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica were ready to ply their nefarious trade on Christmas Eve and come away with a big score of coffee beans, tires and home appliances. Thanks to the work of Fuerza Publica officers, however, members of this Grinch mob were forced to sing Silent Night behind bars. According to ...

Some of the best whitewater rafting in Costa Rica is found in the country’s Caribbean mountains. Rainforest-fed rivers thunder down canyons and valleys, eventually ending in flat plains and marshes before reaching the sea. For its sheer beauty and monumental whitewater rapids, the Pacuare River of Costa Rica is one of the world’s top whitewater river rafting adventures. The Pacuare flows down a...

Just in time to beat the winter blues, Costa Rica’s summer season is beginning, offering affordable winter vacation destinations for northern travelers. Costa Rica is a fun and easy tropical adventure for winter sun-seekers. Miles of beaches on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts make for great beach vacations. Rainforests, cloud forests and active volcanoes give you thrilling jungle adventur...

When is beer and chocolate a good combination? When it takes place as part of the holiday festivities in Costa Rica. From December 20th to 22nd, the Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo, province of Limon, will be home to the 2nd Annual Chocolate Festival to be held at the Koki Beach Park. Craft beer will be one of the highlights of this festival, which will feature the introduction of a special brew th...