Costa Rican police seized five capybaras, crack cocaine and marijuana after chasing down a fleeing vehicle on a highway along the Central American country’s Pacific coast. The large rodents are ...

Pirate shipwrecks off Costa Rica, long shrouded in mystery, have been revealed to hide a dramatic 1710 maritime story lost to ...

Marine archaeologists uncover two 18th-century Danish slave ships in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. Learn about the 1710 ...

It marks Costa Rica’s first underwater archaeological excavation ... The discovery provides new insight into the region’s colonial history and the transatlantic slave trade. SINAC plans to incorporate ...

You don't have to be wealthy or retired to live abroad. In fact, there are many places you can live comfortably on an average ...

The Trump administration has been releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to nongovernmental shelters ...

Your travel dollars stretch significantly further here than in Costa Rica, without sacrificing quality or experience. Boutique hotels in restored colonial mansions, guided adventures through ...

Taking in everything from summiting Kilimanjaro to exploring fjords, these extraordinary sojourns will be sure to stir your ...

From Guatemala to the Isthmus, these former Mexican states have come and gone — but where were they and why did they leave?

After a lot assignment travelling the region, Marco Ferrarese helps decide which Central American nations to visit.

Most famous for its canal, Panama’s namesake capital has been busily reinventing itself. Explore the storied spaces of its ...

The first records of African people in what is now Costa Rica date back to the colonial era, when Spanish conquistadors trafficked people across the Atlantic Ocean for the purposes of enslavement.