SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Costa Rica is recovering from the shock of a Nicaraguan border incursion over the small matter of a Google map misunderstood by the invaders. Or perhaps the ...

For the first time in its history, the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA) has managed to sequence the genome of a virus. Thursday, it announced it had ...

The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica in Central America and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the ...

The Internet application Google Maps has found itself in the middle of the ongoing border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Costa Rican media sources this week expressed outrage that the ...

An error on Google Maps has caused an international conflict in Central America. A Nicaraguan military commander, relying on Google Maps, moved troops into an area ...

Nicaraguan troops planted a flag on Costa Rica's Calero Island Credit: Photo: REUTERS Nicaraguan troops last week crossed the San Juan river, which divides the two countries near the Caribbean coast, ...

Former Nicaraguan military commander Eden Pastora is blaming Google Maps for ordering his army to invade a portion of Costa Rica, according to Search Engine Land. The troops set up camp, took down a ...

When planning your trip, it’s easy to focus on all the exciting parts, but knowing the things not to do in Costa Rica is just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Peddicord covers moving, living, and investing overseas. Costa Rica is perhaps the world’s best-known foreign retirement ...