Costa Rica

Costa Rica becomes sixth Latin American country to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the move at the IHRA Alliance in Berlin, Germany on July 23.

Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves gestures during his weekly press conference, a day after the Supreme Court asked the legislature to strip him of his immunity from prosecution so he can stand trial on corruption charges, in San Jose, Costa Rica, July 2, 2025.
The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica.

Centuries-old Danish slave shipwrecks discovered off Costa Rica’s coast

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025

Trump tariffs on Israel a regression in trade relations: Israeli officials, businesses react

 IZU’S PLACE at Jacó Beach in Costa Rica.

Izu’s Place: A kosher experience in Costa Rica - review


Costa Rica surf retreat: Healing through nature, wildlife, surfing

The mission is to craft programs for Israelis grappling with trauma and disability, providing them with the tools to heal through nature, wildlife, and surfing.

 CARO AGUILAR and Eitam Bedein during a surfing lesson.

Latin American nations demand action against Iranian threats, declare solidarity with Israel

CAM forum in Costa Rica highlights Latin America’s role in combating antisemitism and supporting Israel’s security.

 Participants from the fourth annual 2024 Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism.

Group of Israeli tourists bound and robbed in Costa Rica

“It was a gang of criminals who carried out a robbery, they entered, tied them up, robbed them and escaped."

Israeli tourists in Costa Rica tied and robbed by group of criminals.

Scientists find crocodile 'virgin birth' at Costa Rica zoo

The phenomenon of FP, which some scientists have referred to by the shorthand of "virgin birth," has also been documented in other species of fish, birds, lizards and snakes.

Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) recovered from a poacher, and given by the police to the director of the crocodile hatchery, rest inside a plastic bag before being released into nature at Zapata Swamp, Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba, August 24, 2022. Illegal hunting and hybridization with American

The medical reason you might not want to share your dessert with an Iguana

How a little girl's holiday snack, rudely stolen by an iguana, led to a medical emergency.

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Israeli art exhibit in Costa Rica sheds light on violence against women

  The Israeli ambassador to Costa Rica Oren Bar-El

Jewish cultural encounters in the province of Limon, Costa Rica

 Jewish-Ladino singer Doris Benmaman

Glass artwork created by distinguished Israeli glass shown at Glass Art exhibition in Costa Rica


Grapevine September 18, 2022: Seeking a free trade agreement

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Samuel Willenberg, one of the leaders of the Treblinka revolt, signs sketches of one of his sculptures of scenes at Treblinka, 2014

Sephardic-Jewish culture celebrated in Costa Rica


This tumor in one man’s brain turned out to be something else entirely

The tumor found in this man's brain turned out to be something repulsive and completely different than expected.

 The brain