The proposed Border Law, which establishes a state-controlled border region of 15 kilometers, could have a seriously negative effect on millions of dollars in...
The U.N. Climate Change talks in Cancún, Mexico turn political when Costa Rica's vice-president slams Nicaragua for destroying wetlands in an ongoing border dispute.
Ex-foreign minister says Chinchilla has “gone out on a limb” by declaring Nicaragua an enemy, and that Costa Rica's president is “acting more Nicaraguan than Costa Rican” these days.
Calculating the cost in dollars of global climate change can be tricky, but the numbers that are out there are startling. A new cost analysis looks at the worst-case scenario.
A Costa Rican bill that would raise taxes for business owners passed a legislative committee Tuesday. Lawmakers want to use revenue from the tax to fund better public security measures.
He just might be the longest serving mayor in Central America. On Sunday, San José Mayor Johnny Araya is re-elected by a wide margin in an election most Costa Ricans sat out.
Neither rains nor tropical storms kept voters from the polls in Costa Rica's municipal elections on Sunday. Instead, it was voter apathy: less than a third of registered voters participated.
