Internet Resources

about Costa Rica by Philip Greenspun; created 1995

newsgroups
soc.culture.costa-rica
periodicals
La Nacion: Costa Rica's biggest newspaper, in Spanish only
Tico Times Online: the Web edition of Costa Rica's leading English language newspaper
reference
Encyclopedia Britannica on Costa Rica: go right to the relevant pages, but unfortunately for subscribers only
Lonely Planet Costa Rica page (remember that the Moon Guidebook is better in many ways than the Lonely Planet guide)
environmental
Rainforest Action Network
(note: it isn't a Costa Rican thing, but it was the first environmentalism site that I personally built: www.scorecard.org)

schools
Directory of Spanish Language Schools (includes language schools in all Latin American Countries)
Forester Instituto Internacional, in San Jose
commercial pages
Costa Rica TravelNet