A conservative lawyer named Mario Echandi, 42, won the presidency of Costa Rica last week from the quarreling heirs of left-of-center President José (“Don Pepe”) Figueres. A tall, balding ...

Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast is an entirely different ... The strength of the high in the Atlantic tends to be strongest during the Northern Hemisphere winter and mid-summer, generally leading ...

If you are planning to visit Costa Rica in July, expect that it is the ... due to the rain If you are coming from the northern hemisphere it is likely summer where you are from, so Costa Rica ...

If Costa Rica's southern strip is known for one thing ... of the wet season that offers less rain than the other Southern Hemisphere winter months, allowing for better conditions and easier ...