PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica — All was quiet that night on the Promenade of the Tourists, the famed boulevard overlooking this coastal city’s white-sand beach and softly lapping waves. But just a ...

Costa Rica’s Caribbean port city of Limón in Limón Province ... but violence is also increasing in other areas such as Puntarenas, on the Pacific coast. Corruption cases involving members of the ...

All was quiet that night on the Promenade of the Tourists, the famed boulevard overlooking this coastal city’s white ... of homicides in Puntarenas, one of Costa Rica’s seven provinces.

The best of the country lies beyond the city limits, but a night or ... further south in Puntarenas. The rest of Costa Rica ...

SEE ALSO: Costa Rica’s Limón Province Becomes Murder and Drug Trafficking Center The Pacific coast province of Puntarenas, and the province of San José, home to the capital city of the same name, are ...

Half of the peninsula is found in the Guanacaste province (in the north), while the other half sits in the Puntarenas province (in the south). If you're looking for a shortlist of towns or ...

In Costa Rica, the history of railroads dates back to l857, when a nine-mile spur line was built to carry coffee between Barranca and the central-Pacific port city of Puntarenas, to the west. It was ...