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Costa Rica Documentary Reveals Why Whales From Two Hemispheres Choose Golfo Dulce

There is one stretch of water on the planet where humpback whales from the far north and the far south both come to give birth, and it sits at the southern tip of Costa Rica. Golfo Dulce, the deep inlet that separates the Osa Peninsula from the mainland, receives mothers that have swum up from the freezing waters off Antarctica and mothers that have come down the Pacific coast of North America. Nowhere else do the two populations overlap. Researchers who worked on a new Costa Rican documentary about the gulf call it the womb of the Pacific. That documentary, Costa Rica, Cradle of Whales , premiered Wednesday night on Canal 7 as the first episode of a revived nature strand called El Planeta Azul , or The Blue Planet. The full film went online free after broadcast. The production took three years. Camera teams worked in Golfo Dulce and in Bahía Ballena, the bay farther north where the whale watching industry is concentrated, filming in high definition and 4K with drones, underwater ...
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Costa Rica President Sends Eight Major Proposals to Congress

President Laura Fernández has presented eight new bills that could change how Costa Rica handles pensions, loans, government contracts, internet funding and several other public programs. The proposals were announced as Fernández marked her first 100 days in office. However, none of the changes has taken effect. Each bill must first be discussed and approved by the Legislative Assembly. Here is what the eight bills would do in simple terms: Provide more pensions for people in need The first bill would move part of an employer-paid payroll contribution into the fund that provides basic pensions to older adults and people with disabilities who did not pay enough into the regular pension system. The government estimates that the change could provide pensions to around 31,000 additional people. The proposal would not take money from workers’ individual retirement accounts. Instead, it would redirect money currently sent to Banco Popular. Limit some powers of the Com...
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Paulo Wanchope expected back at Herediano for a third spell in charge

Paulo César Wanchope, the striker who spent a decade in English football before becoming one of Costa Rica’s best-known coaches, is expected to take charge of Club Sport Herediano for the third time in his career. It was reported today that an agreement with the 50-year-old would be closed within hours. Herediano had not announced the appointment by midday, and the club has made no public statement naming its choice. The job came open on August 10, when Herediano dismissed José Giacone following a 0-3 home defeat to Alajuelense at the Estadio Carlos Alvarado in Santa Bárbara. Club president Jafet Soto then took the team himself on an interim basis, seven months after saying in a January radio interview that he would never put himself in the dugout again. That spell lasted two matches. Herediano lost to San Carlos in Ciudad Quesada on August 14, and Soto said afterward that he would not continue, explaining that the club lacked a structure experienced enough to handle the ...
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Costa Rica Highway Project Faces Questions Over Removal of Wildlife Routes

An internal audit at Costa Rica’s National Roadway Council ( Conavi ) has warned that construction work on the Barranca-Limonal highway disrupted natural overhead routes used by wildlife, potentially leaving animals more exposed to traffic. Conavi’s executive director, Mauricio Sojo, disputed the audit’s description of what happened. He said the natural crossings were not deliberately removed but fell during earthmoving work and were later restored. The warning appears in preventive services report signed on April 14, 2026. It followed a March 5 inspection involving Conavi auditors and the project’s environmental manager. During the visit, the group found that natural overhead wildlife crossings connecting vegetation on opposite sides of the highway had been removed, according to the report. The affected area was between the Aranjuez River and the main entrance to Judas de Chomes, where crews were cutting trees and clearing the highway right-of-way. The environmental manager t...
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Nurses Strike at Hospital México After Staffing Talks Collapse

More than 180 nurses walked off the job at Hospital México this morning after negotiations between their union and the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social ended without agreement, disrupting care in the hospital’s inpatient wards. In total, 181 of the 275 nurses scheduled for the first shift joined the action, close to two-thirds of the staff rostered for that period. Hospital officials said the effect was concentrated in hospitalization areas, where coverage fell furthest below normal levels. The walkout followed months of talks that produced no resolution. The Sindicato Nacional de Enfermería y Afines, known as SINAE, says it has been trying since November 2025 to open a formal negotiating table with hospital management over conditions in the nursing service, a period the union puts at roughly nine months. At the center of the dispute is what the union describes as a shortage of nurses assigned to direct patient care. SINAE estimates the hospital is short roughly 18 pro...
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Why Spending US Dollars in Costa Rica Can Be Surprisingly Difficult

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When money is the subject, I am as old school as anybody. Cash is king in my world. The thrill, the feel of a stack of banknotes will always beat looking at a set of digits on my phone screen. Like precious metals, classic cars and gemstones, paper currency is tangible; You can touch it, hold it, photograph it fanned out in your hand like some young dude on his way to the pawn shop to get his gold chain out of hock. When it comes to greenbacks– US dollars– I am clearly part of a vanishing breed. Only about ten percent of the US dollar supply is represented in cash and coins. The rest is numbers on a screen, digital transactions accessed in a few seconds, no counting of change needed. Our dominant method of payment is as common worldwide as locally. India, Brazil and China – three of the major BRICS countries– are also the top three in percent of digital transactions. As for Costa Rica, the number is around thirty percent of transactions still done with cash, which is the secto...
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How to watch Serena and Venus Williams play doubles in Costa Rica today

Serena and Venus Williams take the court together tonight at the Cincinnati Open, and if you want to watch it from Costa Rica, you have two realistic options.The match starts at 5 p.m. Costa Rica time on Grandstand Court. That is 7 p.m. on the U.S. East Coast, where the tournament is played. Doubles matches follow whatever is scheduled ahead of them, so treat that as the earliest possible start rather than a guarantee. If the preceding match runs long, yours starts late. Your first option is Disney+ on the Premium plan, which carries every match from the tournament in this region. Your second is ESPN, which picks up selected matches across its channels. Disney+ is the safer choice tonight. ESPN chooses which matches to televise, and a first-round doubles match is exactly the kind of thing that gets passed over for singles — even one with two of the most famous players in the sport’s history in it. Skip TennisTV. It is a common recommendation in tournament guides and it wi...
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