Easter in Costa Rica is much longer than in the US     Events for Easter Week are Planned in the Capital’s Beautiful Cathedral Costa Ricans see Easter in one of two ways: the most important religious celebration of the year, or as an opportunity to hit the beach! Either way, it’s a family occasion [...]

January New Years Day January 1st – after a night of fireworks, dancing, music and drinking; businesses and public organizations are closed for a family day. Palmares Festivals are held in early January.  Activities include live music, horse shows, fun-fair and the very popular televised bull rodeos and ‘fighting’.  The famed partying of past years [...]

Central America has been stereotyped as a region of corrupt and dangerous countries ruled by greedy and ruthless tyrants; an image which is gradually beginning to change as the countries within it have settled down to relative peace in recent times.  Costa Rica has always liked to consider itself apart from its neighbors and free [...]

The right to say what one thinks is the biggest advantage of living in a democracy such as Costa Rica, says 34% of the country’s inhabitants. The results of the latest of a Unimer poll for the daily La Nación, with freedom of expression exceeded other values, access of all to meet economic needs (26%) [...]