Costa Rica
Why Costa Rica beats Britain in the conservation stakes | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article comparing a rich nation’s environmental failures and a poor one’s success
26, Apr, 2023 @4:57 PM
Costa Rica restored its ravaged land to health. The rich UK has no excuse for such complete failure | George Monbiot
Why does a wealthy, powerful nation struggle while a small, much poorer one succeeds, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot
21, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM
El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele’s crackdown
El Faro moves its headquarters to avoid ‘fabricated accusations’ after 25 years reporting on drug wars, crime and corruption
Luke Taylor
19, Apr, 2023 @9:30 AM
Toddler’s mystery infection traced back to cake-snatching iguana
Three-year-old was on beach in Costa Rica when reptile tried to steal her dessert and bit her hand
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
31, Mar, 2023 @10:01 PM
Costa Rican farmer handed 22 years for murder of Indigenous land defender
Brörán leader Yehry Rivera, 45, was shot and killed by Juan Varela during conflict in Terraba community in February 2020
Nina Lakhani and agencies in San José
01, Feb, 2023 @10:38 PM
My bad trip – do you know the way to San José? Take the chicken bus!
When Brie Veron and her friends book a ‘two-hour’ trip into Costa Rica, they aren’t expecting a 16-hour ordeal involving a shady cabbie and a dodgy curry
As told to Nikki Marshall
12, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
‘Keep conquering’: Stéphanie Frappart ready for moment of World Cup history
When Germany play Costa Rica, Stéphanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match, a significant step forward for the game
Sean Ingle in Doha and Angelique Chrisafis
30, Nov, 2022 @9:12 PM
‘The ghost that haunts Monteverde’: how the climate crisis killed the golden toad
The loss of the amphibian from Costa Rica’s cloud forest was one of the first linked to global heating, say scientists
Mattha Busby in Monteverde
21, Nov, 2022 @9:15 AM
What happened at Cop27 on day nine?
Lula says ‘Brazil is back’ and proposes Cop30 to be held in the Amazon as anxiety rises over some countries’ attempts to unpick climate commitments
Bibi van der Zee
16, Nov, 2022 @6:43 PM
Clara Sola review – miraculous drama of burgeoning sexuality and divine grace
Wendy Chinchilla Araya makes a tremendous debut as a neglected woman with learning difficulties who is believed to have spiritual powers – and who falls for a handsome local boy
Peter Bradshaw
15, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM
Animals we’ve lost: the vivid ‘waving’ frog that vanished suddenly
Chiriquí harlequin frogs went extinct in 1996 due to a fungal disease that has driven the decline of 501 amphibian species
Emily Ding
05, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
US woman suspected in fatal shooting of elite cyclist arrested in Costa Rica
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, a yoga teacher, is accused of fatally shooting Anna Moriah Wilson over alleged love rivalry
Staff and agencies
30, Jun, 2022 @9:42 PM
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