The Costa Rica Star
| Type | Online daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Internet Publication |
| Owner(s) | Luxe Investment Group |
| Founded | December 2011 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Website | www.news.co.cr |
The Costa Rica Star is an English-language news publication that has been online since late 2011. As of 2014, the focus of this website was to cater to the English-speaking expatriate population in Costa Rica, particularly those living in the Central Valley and in the province of Guanacaste.
The website's About page indicates that The Costa Rica Star was founded in December 2011 by a Canadian citizen living in Costa Rica as a full-time legal resident. Indeed, one of the first articles on the site reported on the death of British political author and thinker Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 15, 2011. The website's Facebook Timeline had more than 50,000 followers as of August 2014
On May 13, 2012, The Costa Rica Star reported on the arrest of Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, by German law enforcement officials in Frankfurt. From that day on, The Costa Rica Star reported extensively on the saga of the Canadian eco-activist, once eliciting comments from Paul Watson himself through the website's Facebook commenting plugin. The Costa Rica Star has also published press communications written by Paul Watson for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as well as an official response from the International Whale Protection Organization on this contentious matter.
The Costa Rica Star routinely reports on matters related to the War on Drugs as they affect Costa Rica and Central America. On July 2013, an article entitled Snow Job: U.S. Air Force Flies Cocaine from Costa Rica to Miami was the first English-language news report of a cargo airlift operation involving 24 tons of seized cocaine flown out of the Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport for destruction on U.S. soil.
In August 2013, The Costa Rica Star reported on the drug interdiction operations of the USS Rentz, which seized 963 kilos of cocaine from a fishing vessel flying the Costa Rican flag near the Galapagos Islands. The Costa Rica Star reported that the fishing vessel sank after being taken in two by the USS Rentz, a fact that the U.S. Embassy denied on Twitter; however, ship logs and reports from Costa Rican law enforcement agencies confirmed the sinking.
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