According to preliminary reports by police and in local media, a shootout took place this morning, Monday, May 15, at 7:30 in Guachipelín de Escazú in front of the Mount View Educational Center, a ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Global Commission on Drug Policy recently released its 2016 annual report, “Advancing Drug Policy Reform: A new approach to drug decriminalization“, which details the ...

Note – Several details have been updated in this article according to new police reports. This story was updated May 19, to include a correct name for the Lebanese homicide victim, whose name is not ...

The dangers of purchasing sex reach far beyond the possible acquisition of an STD or the fact that your significant other may find out about your purchased infidelity (hopefully not by way of an STD).

In the past The Costa Rica Star has published about Prostitution in San Jose Costa Rica, and the price of those sexual services, using information from various Universities in Costa Rica. When people ...

The amounts spent by individual men in Costa Rican nightclubs and parlors are comparatively high, considering that the prices can range from US$9 to more than US$200 per hour, while the minimal wage ...

Here’s the lowdown on one of the simplest, and best, cars you can find in the Costa Rican market: the Daihatsu Terios Bego. Finding a car that can cope with the Costa Rican driving conditions is a ...

The tourism industry is many times criticized for the negative impact it can bring to a country, in the case of Costa Rica, it is often that you hear people complaining about the many developments in ...

The sexual practice of swinging is basically understood as partner swapping, a practice in which both individuals in a committed relationship choose to have sex with others as a recreational activity ...

The recommended limit established by the WHO is of 20 micrometers per cubic meter; however, Costa Rica takes the limits established by the European Union as reference which sets a maximum limit of 40 ...

Costa Rica’s pineapple sector employs about 32,000 people directly and generates exports of about one billion dollars a year, which is the equivalent of 10 per cent of the country’s total exports, ...

Gabriel Badilla was 32 years old, he had undergone open heart surgery in 2013 due to a benign tumor, the operation was a success and he even went back to play soccer. He retired from professional ...