Costa Rica
Cuban Migrants Heading to the US Can't Make it out of Costa Rica
Over 1,000 Cubans migrants have been stuck in Costa Rica since Sunday when Nicaragua shut the border to them. The numbers keep growing as ever more Cubans arrive at the bottleneck spurred by fears of imminent changes to their special immigration status.
I Went to Costa Rica to Watch Two Kids Hear for the First Time
Chris Nieratko and a traveling band of skateboarders went to Costa Rica to meet up with the Let Them Hear Foundation and document two deaf children as they received surgeries that would allow them to hear for the first time.
Check Out the Lineup For Envision—A Festival That Brings Burner Vibes to the Costa Rican Jungle
Shpongle, M.A.N.D.Y, Beats Antique, Lee Reynolds, and more are headlining the February fest.
Costa Rican Stabbed After Busting a Man Filming up a Woman's Skirt Hailed as a 'Hero'
Gerardo Cruz still unconscious as supporters including US ambassador leave messages of support at hospital, and women's groups plan march for Sunday.
These Brave Individuals Are Putting Nail Polish on Some Mean-Looking Arachnids
The whip spider is not a creature that looks like it wants spa treatments.
Introducing In Swarm Featuring Members of Eastlink and Sick Feeling
Born in a Costa Rican basement the sound of In Swarm is dark, dense and intense.
The UN’s Unpaid Internships Are Screwing Young People From the Developing World
The case of an intern who was forced to live in a tent in Geneva has brought renewed criticism that the UN is effectively limiting its internship program to the global elite.
Costa Rica Coach and Former Man City Striker Paulo Wanchope Fights Security Guard at U23 Match
Costa Rica's national team coach got into a fight with a security guard at a U23 match.
Internet of Islands
Global internet infrastructure has created an imbalance of power, and it's due for a reckoning.
There Is One Company that Could Put a Big Dent in the Shark Fin Trade Overnight
Some airlines have pledged to stop transporting shark fins, but UPS continues to do so.
A British Supermarket Just Found £1 Million Worth of Cocaine in a Box of Bananas
An employee at a Berkshire branch of Tesco discovered five 1 kilogram bags of white powder in a box of Costa Rican bananas.
Fue Penal or No Fue Penal? A VICE Sports Debate
Was Peralta's penalty call an old fashioned referee mistake or old fashioned match-fixing?