On Sunday, December 1st, the government celebrated 71 years since the abolition of the army as a permanent institution with a series of cultural activities typical of this day. 71 years are easy, but this event marked a before and after in the history of the country and changed the course of Costa Rica completely. […]

Costa Rica was selected as the best wildlife and nature destination in 2019 by the British magazine Selling Travel. According to Laura Gelder, editor of the magazine, all of her readers decided on Costa Rica. We did a reader survey this year that asked agents in which travel segments they were most interested; wildlife and […]

In the last three years, an animal care program led by the Municipality of Cartago managed to rescue more than 2,000 dogs from the streets. The Municipal Center for Education for Animal Care (CMECA) focuses on pet rescue, public safety and education. They have sterilized and vaccinated 2,103 dogs; 717 of them were adopted and […]

Isla del Coco National Park was awarded the ‘Blue Park’ awards by the California Marine Conservation Institute, for its role as a global ocean refuge in the ‘Gold’ category. This award encourages marine protected areas that meet certain management and effectiveness standards. The announcement was made official on Thursday by the Ministry of Environment and […]

Officers of the Operational Support Group (GAO) of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) saved seven puppies that had been abandoned inside a bag, in a pipe. The incident was recorded on Monday in Barranca, Puntarenas, when police officers were alerted after crying and the movement of animals, in the community of Manuel Mora. When […]

Tens of thousands of people equipped with bags, nets and containers of all kinds participated this Saturday in a global day of cleaning, on beaches, rivers, lakes and streets, collecting garbage and asking at the same time for a change of mentality. A day after millions of people demonstrated against climate change, volunteers struggled, under […]