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Costa Rica keeps turning up at the top of lists aimed at older travelers and retirees. The latest comes from Travel + Leisure , which interviewed more than half a dozen travel, retirement and wellness experts about the best wellness destination for senior travelers and found them all pointing to the same country. The magazine’s August feature starts from a shift in how older travelers think about wellness. Fewer are chasing spa days or demanding fitness regimens. More want to lower their stress, spend time in nature and with local communities, and stay active without feeling rushed. Leigh Barnes, president of Intrepid Travel, North America, said Costa Rica gets people “to slow down without feeling like they’re missing out.” He told the magazine that travelers over 50 can stay active every day, walking in rainforests, watching wildlife and soaking in hot springs, while setting their own pace. Nature is the core of the argument. The magazine notes that...

Last Updated on September 18, 2026 by admin Durham University in United Kingdom invites application for vacant Postdoctoral and Academic Positions, a collegiate public research university in Durham, England. Salary Range Department Actions Early Years Nursery Practitioner £18,460 – £19,023.57 which is pro rata to the full-time salary of £25,844 – £26,633 per annum HR & OD – Nursery College Administration Coordinator £27,319 – £30,378 per annum Josephine Butler College Faculty International Development Manager (Durham Business School) £38,784 – £46,049 per annum International Office – Partnerships, Exchanges and Study Abroad Reception Helpdesk Assistant (Maternity Cover) £25,025 – £25,571 per annum ACS – Reception Services Assistant Laboratory Technician £25025 – £25571 per annum / per annum (Pro Rata) Dept. of Biosciences College Admin Senior Assistant £5,0005 – £5,114.20 which is pro rata the full time salary of £...

The final word in legal matters is in the hands of the Supreme Court. In Costa Rica the Supreme Court is composed of four chambers, each one of which handles different areas of the law. Each one has a main area and then secondary legal issues they address. The First Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala Primera) deals mainly with Civil and Commercial Law and therefore is the ultimate authority on civil and commercial contracts. Contracts is a vast area of the law because the contracting parties have ample freedom to establish their wishes and agreements. Furthermore, contracts can get more complicated because it is left up to the parties to set down the language they wish to use, which can be inappropriate, incorrect, inaccurate or even, unwittingly, against the law. Lastly, once a contract is finalized and signed, the execution can be haphazard, disorderly or the parties can behave in manners not even contemplated in the agreement they just signed. These issues are especially tr...

Costa Rica has again been included on the United States’ annual list of countries considered major routes or sources for illegal drugs entering the United States. The designation is part of what Washington calls the “Major’s List,” which identifies countries where large amounts of illegal drugs, or chemicals used to make them, are produced or transported. Costa Rica is among 23 countries named on the U.S. government’s list for 2027. The list was submitted to Congress by U.S. President Donald Trump on September 15 and announced by the White House the following day. The other countries are Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. For Costa Rica, however, the designation does not mean the United States believes the government is failing to fight drug trafficking . That is a noteworthy distinction since the...

A Costa Rican distribution company has received a court-ordered hold on trademarks held in Costa Rica by The Quaker Oats Company, the U.S. food maker owned by PepsiCo, in a legal fight that dates back 14 years. The First Collegiate Civil Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José ordered the Intellectual Property Registry on Aug. 21 to record the hold. According to the registry annotation certificate, the measure was formally entered on Aug. 25, 2026. The hold acts as a financial safeguard. Because the final damages have not yet been set, the court froze Quaker’s Costa Rican trademarks, valued for this purpose at up to ¢20,649 million, or roughly $45.9 million, so they remain available to cover the payment if the company does not pay. The claim stems from Quaker’s unilateral termination of its business relationship with the Costa Rican company in 2010. The affected brands include Vita Quaker, Quaker Cocoa Blasts, Quaker Honey Monster, Quaker Grancereal, Q...

U.S. immigration authorities arrested a Nicaraguan journalist on Monday who is critical of the government of Daniel Ortega and has been living in exile in the United States for several years, according to the opposition figure’s family. Luis Galeano went into exile in the United States in 2018 and was awaiting a decision on his asylum application when agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detained him. After leaving Nicaragua, he continued working as a journalist from abroad. Galeano’s wife, Deykel Santamaria, said on Monday that she had a brief telephone conversation with her husband, 48, who was arrested while working as a rideshare driver in Florida. His detention comes as the Trump administration has tightened U.S. policy on irregular migration while also adopting increasingly strong rhetoric against Nicaragua’s government. “The United States must always know how to distinguish between a criminal and a political exile,” Republican lawmaker Maria Elv...