Wikimedia Commons Air France - KLM Press Release - Thursday 14 April 2016 - As of 2 November 2016, and throughout the 2016-17 winter season, Air France will offer two new weekly services to San José (Costa Rica) on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The flights will be operated by Boeing 777-300 with a capacity of 468 seats – 14 in Business, 32 in Premium Economy and 422 in Economy. “B...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (PRWEB) APRIL 08, 2016 - In San Jose, Costa Rica, the CENCATEC institute educational training center was inaugurated on Wednesday and Thursday 30/31 March 2016. The training sessions began on Wednesday with Trane air conditioning units and Ecox VRF units. This was followed by a product overview given by Uniweld on Thursday, and the introduction of Uniweld’s latest product intro...

Caribbean News Service UPDATE: Costa Rica man who had 18-inch yuca surgically removed from anal cavity could file lawsuit (PHOTOS) Surgeons at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the capital city of Costa Rica removed a yuca (cassava root or manioc) measuring 45 cm of length (about 18 inches) from the anal cavity of a 55-year old man, who is currently in stable condition. According to a rep...

The late Mr. Herrera, on the left. Facebook Former police officer and self-confessed neo-nazi Ronald Javier Herrera Borges took his own life on Saturday. Mr. Herrera was found in his home located in the neighborhood of La Capri, part of the populous Desamparados canton of the San Jose province. The suicide note posted on Facebook by Mr. Herrera asks for forgiveness while labeling himself a ...

Source: Konami El Segundo, Calif. (March 21, 2016) – Hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players gathered in Costa Rica at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio this past weekend to participate in the first Central American Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES of 2016. While every player tried their best, only one Duelist earned the sought-after title of YCS San José Champion: Alejandro Garcia...

Source: Northwest Dental ROCHESTER, MN--(Marketwired - March 25, 2016) - Staff members of Northwest Dental Group, a Rochester family dental practice, recently completed a week-long dental mission trip in one of Costa Rica's poorest areas. This month, Drs. Katie Post and Rob Vander Broek traveled to the La Carpio neighborhood in San José -- the country's capital -- joined by dental hygienist...

Wikimedia Commons HACU News Release - Officials from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) will travel to San José, Costa Rica, for several key meetings on March 30, 2016, to discuss international collaboration in higher education. HACU president and CEO Antonio R. Flores is set to meet with the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, and will attend sep...

By Panamafly - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons The urban rail service currently enjoyed by commuters in the capital city of Panama could be adopted by Costa Rica at a cost of at least one billion dollars. Such was the report recently filed by Gustavo Retana of daily tabloid Diario Extra. Mr. Retana quoted Rodolfo Cardenas, a civil engineer who led a group of professionals who trav...

Art City Tour San Jose, Costa Rica San Jose, March 8, 2016 - The second edition of Art City Tour 2016 will take place Under the slogan "San Jose Dreams, San Jose Designs." The Tour will welcome the International Design Festival (FID), and it aims to connect the cultural center of San José to La Sabana. More than 2,500 people are expected to take advantage of the free bus rides departing fro...

Scientology objects of faith. Wikimedia Commons SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- On a typically glorious Costa Rican afternoon in February, hundreds of guests assembled to welcome the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Latin American Goodwill Tour to San Jose. The celebration signaled the opening of the Volunteer Ministers bright yellow pavilion in the nation's capital. Here, v...

Officers from the Drug Control Police force (Spanish initials: PCD) in Costa Rica were surprised to find a fully operational nude cabaret within a drug den located in the Goicoechea metropolitan canton of San Jose. The incident occurred on Wednesday and was reported by means of an official press release issued by the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP). PCD agents had received m...

The partners and staff of Arias & Muñoz. Ms. Castro is at front center. Arias & Muñoz, a prestigious law firm located in San José, congratulates Dr. Alejandra Castro Bonilla on her new position as Head of Legal, Patents & Compliance with Bayer Central America and The Caribbean, a regional operation of global Life Sciences giant Bayer AG. This regional office, serving the needs of C...

Source: Pixabay Commons Concerns about the fast spread of the Zika virus in the Americas are keeping public health officials on their toes, and discussion about the often uncomfortable topic of sexual tourism is emerging as a sort of side effect. As recently reported by The Costa Rica Star, the first endemic case of the Zika virus in our country appears to have been contracted by a tourist ...

(Archive / Stock) Some 500,000 people living in the San Jose metro area can expect to begin experiencing water rationing of up to 12 hours per day beginning this month, the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) said Tuesday during a press conference. The San Jose suburbs of Escazu, Santa Ana, Salitral and Desamparados are expected to be the most affected. Some 150,000 people i...

Wikimedia Commons The USAID/OFDA Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Regional Office in Costa Rica is seeking one individual for a Secretary position. Please see the posting for this job at the website of the United States Embassy in Costa Rica. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 2016-001 OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates POSITION: Secretary, FSN-6; FP-08* OPENING DATE: January 22, 201...

H1N1 vaccine will be available in Costa Rica in March 2016. Source: Wikimedia Commons A 56-year old man from the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been listed as the 31st death caused by the H1N1 virus in Costa Rica since December. According to a news report filed by Angela Avalos of daily newspaper La Nacion, the announcement of the death was made by Minister of Public Health Fernando Llorca on ...

Pixabay Commons The Second Meeting of Signatories (MOS2) to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks will be held in the capital city of Costa Rica in mid-February. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, our country became signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) with regard to shark conse...

Aspen Institute Fellows from across the Aspen Global Leadership Network, all of whom will have attended both the Challenge of Leadership Seminar as well as the Aspen Seminar, are currently in Costa Rica for the Leading in an Era of Globalization seminar. In the Challenge of Leadership Seminar, Fellows were asked to reflect on the attributes of “effective, enlightened leadership”; in the Asp...

Pixabay Commons The passports of two German citizens awaiting trial in Costa Rica cannot be held by judicial officials and must be immediately turned over to the Embassy. Such was the demand sent by the German Consulate to the Honorable Judge Yorleny Campos of the criminal court division, Second Circuit of San Jose, earlier this week. According to a news report filed by Daniel Chinchilla Sa...

Source: Pixabay Commons On any given day at the Del Rey Hotel and Casino in San Jose, dozens of prostitutes and their prospective clients converge at the main bar to engage in the perennial business activity of haggling for sexual services. In Costa Rica, entire websites are dedicated to instructing North American and European sexual tourists to not pay more than $100 per sexual tryst, whic...

Rotem Sivan Ultra-talented jazz musician Rotem Sivan is being hailed as one of the most gifted guitarists of all time, and he is coming to Costa Rica for two exclusive performances in March. Sivan is a guitarist for the 21st century, with an international background and border-defying interests. He has developed a glowing tone and quicksilver phrasing, as well as a sophisticated sense of rh...

Texas A&M University - Flickr Commons Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III, an actor and film producer from the United States, is known for his role as Walter White's son on the acclaimed television series Breaking Bad. RJ Mitte will be in Costa Rica to attend the Anime and Manga Matsuri International Convention and Festival, which will take place in San Jose on January 16th and 17th. RJ Mitte live...

Caribbean News Service By Desmond Brown, Caribbean News Service (CNS) SAN JOSE – In mid-December, technical officers from six Caribbean countries traveled to Costa Rica to learn about new ways of adding value to cassava production and modern technologies for processing the vegetable, in order to boost the industry, promote the diversification of markets, and improve the chain’s competitiven...

Source: Flickr CC On the morning of Saturday, December 26th,  the traditional Gran Tope Nacional de Costa Rica (equestrian parade) will kick off next to the train tracks of Plaza Viquez, where it will continue on to Avenida Segunda (Second Avenue) until 14th street before flowing through Paseo Colon until La Sabana Metropolitan Park. The participation of thousands of horses and riders in th...

Source: VIDA Facebook An arrest has been made in the brutal murder of Sondra Lynn Elizondo, a 46-year old charity worker from the United States, who was found raped, stabbed and suffocated in a love hotel near the capital city of Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by Manuel Estrada of daily tabloid Diario Extra, detectives from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initia...

Source: Flickr Commons A woman from the United States was found dead in Barrio La California, a residential district located near Downtown San Jose, by housekeepers who suspect she may have been killed by her romantic partner. The incident, which took place earlier this week, was reported by metro reporter Manuel Estrada of daily tabloid Diario Extra. The victim has been identified by the l...

Dr. Mario Bonilla Within the dental tourism industry of Costa Rica, the New Smile Dental Group stands out as one of the pioneering and most successful clinics in our country. The New Smile Dental Group is unique in the sense that it operates in a way that fully supports the interests and well-being of dental tourists. Located about 11 miles away from the Juan Santamaria International Airpor...

Source: MSP In the eastern suburbs of San Jose, officers from Fuerza Publica (the national police force of Costa Rica) rescued a snowman that had been illegally taken from a second floor balcony. The incident occurred past the midnight hour of Friday, and it unfolded in the residential community of Los Olimpos, located in the Purral district of the Goicochea canton. According to official pr...

Source: OIJ A 57-year old man who was arrested as he attempted to depart Costa Rica last week has been identified as a physician from the United States. According to a report filed by Jorge Sancho Vargas of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Dr. Ehsan has been practicing medicine for more than 20 years in the Southern California region; he was most recently associated with a well-known urgent care an...

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--(Marketwired - Nov 23, 2015) - This morning the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) announced that San José was the breaking leader of four categories in the "The World's Most Competitive Cities 2015" ranking that analyzes the most competitive cities for investment around the globe. Costa Rica's capital led in Latin America categories like: Best hub for Lif...

Source: Gerardo Cruz Facebook Gerardo Cruz, a young man who became a folk hero in Costa Rica through his actions in public and on social media, passed away from a cardiac arrest at 6:18 pm on Thursday, November 19th. As reported by The Costa Rica Star in October, Mr. Cruz was a 22-year old man who confronted another man for filming an “upskirt” video in the capital city of Costa Rica. Two d...

Press Release by The Costa Rica Star – November 15, 2015 – Quality of life and stability are just two of the factors that make Costa Rica very attractive for those interested in relocation and immigration. There are various options for residency and citizenship in this Central American nation and one law firm stands ready to assist foreigners as they embark on the voyage of residing in Costa Rica'...

CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL), today announced the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the company a five-year contract with a potential value of  $35 million to provide technical and administrative support to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Office of USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance ...

Peace be with you. In the near future, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) population of Costa Rica will be able to enjoy a new dance venue in Downtown San Jose, specifically across from the Roman Catholic Church of La Soledad (The Solitude) in Chinatown. According to a recent news report filed by entertainment journalist Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Clu...

MIAMI (PRWEB) October 08, 2015 - Global Stem Cells Group has announced plans to host a new edition of its popular symposium on stem cell research in San Jose, Costa Rica April 15, 2016. The symposium is a collaborative effort between GSCG and Dra. Mariella Tanzi, neurologist, anti-aging specialist, founder of BIOMEN S.A. and exclusive representative for Global Stem Cells Group in Costa Rica. The S...

From September 23rd to the 25th, Costa Rica’s National Ecotourism and Sustainable Chamber (Spanish acronym: CANAECO) hosted the International Conference: Planet, People, Peace (P3) at the Children’s Museum in San Jose. P3 was sponsored by Costa Rica Tourism Board (Spanish initials: ICT), and it focused on addressing issues including social development through tourism, climate change adaptation, wa...

Wikimedia Commons Vibrators, inflatable sex dolls, cremated remains, and snakes are some of the contents of the strangest parcels handled by Correos de Costa Rica, the national post office, at sorting and delivery facilities in San Jose. Since about 2006, letter mail in Costa Rica has virtually disappeared; however, courier delivery of parcels and packages has greatly increased over the las...

Most medical tourists who choose Costa Rica for dental treatments often cite cost as their major motivation to travel. Dental procedures in North America and Europe can be very pricey, particularly when they involve restorative work, implantation and oral surgery. Such treatments are far more affordable in Costa Rica, but there is another very attractive factor to dental tourism in Costa Rica, and...

Pixabay Commons Heartbreak, love unrequited and a deep feeling of lost hope are being cited as the reasons that drove an English teacher to take his own life in Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by Gerin Portilla of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Cristobal Oviedo Ocontrillo decided to jump from the Saprissa Bridge in Tibas, a northern suburb of San Jose, after telling his elderly mothe...

DENVER - Sept. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- It is well known that Costa Rica is a “Mecca” for outdoor enthusiasts and athletic adventurers of all kinds. With ventures like these, unfortunately injuries are bound to occur. The residents of San Jose are lucky to have a resource like Smart Move to assist them on their road to recovery. At Smart Move, whatever the need may be, they have you covered and adding ...