This Week’s Top Costa Rica News Story
This week in Costa Rica, Dollar Hits Historic Low Against Costa Rica’s Colón for Second Day as wildfires shattered another national mark, Juan Santamaría took home a major regional award, resident expat Don Mateo talks about life without AC, and the new Fernández administration started laying out where it wants the country's tourism map to expand next. Here's what mattered if you live in, invest in, or travel to Costa Rica.
Dollar Hits Historic Low Against Costa Rica’s Colón for Second Day
The U.S. dollar fell to another historic low against Costa Rica’s colón on Thursday, closing at ¢453.94 in the wholesale foreign-exchange market, known as Monex. It was the second consecutive session in which the dollar reached its lowest level since the Central Bank began publishing the series in December 2007.
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Costa Rica Moves Ahead With Long-Awaited Central Valley Electric Train
Costa Rica’s long-planned electric train project could begin operating in the Greater Metropolitan Area in about five years, giving the Central Valley a new public transportation option between Paraíso de Cartago, San José and Alajuela
Costa Rica’s San Jose Airport Closes Record-Breaking High Season
Costa Rica’s main international gateway has closed the 2025–2026 high season with its busiest period on record, according to airport operator AERIS, underscoring the country’s continued momentum as a top travel destination in the Americas.
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How Expats Survive Costa Rica Heat Without Air Conditioning
From 8 in the morning until 4ish in the afternoon, the heat of the sun is best avoided. Don Mateo sits on his back patio in the shade, moving my rocker and floor fan whenever a shaft of sunlight encroaches on his space.
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Costa Rica Mushroom Tourism Returns With Ruta Micológica 2026
Costa Rica’s rainy season is bringing back one of our country’s more unusual nature tourism offerings, as Ruta Micológica Costa Rica 2026 prepares to take visitors into forests, reserves and rural communities to learn about fungi in the wild.
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Central America’s Largest Rodeo Coming to Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s National Stadium will trade soccer chants for bull riding, barrel racing and cowboy culture on Sunday, June 7, when the Extreme American Rodeo 2026 takes over La Sabana for what is being billed as the largest rodeo in Central America
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Where the new tourism map is headed: Limón, Osa, and the Brunca region
President Laura Fernández's tourism strategy puts the Caribbean and Southern Region at the center of where Costa Rica wants to grow next. The plan builds on master planning work done under the previous administration and is designed to spread tourism's economic benefits beyond Guanacaste, the Central Valley and the Central Pacific. For travelers, the practical changes — better roads, more flights into regional airports, clearer zoning — are still years away. But the political signal is clear: the country's most underdeveloped tourism regions are now on the national agenda.
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