After two and a half years, Ticos are feeling the frustrations of a protracted case with Nicaragua in the International Court of Justice over the disputed Isla Portillos wetlands.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will address the U.N. General Assembly session in New York later this month, and her aides said she will raise the U.S. spying issue.
Residents of Vara Blanca, Alajuela, and surrounding areas are facing intense rainfall, landslides and flooding. One of their most important transit routes has been cut off.
Costa Rica requested bilateral meetings next week with the president of the International Court of Justice and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to denounce Nicaragua's latest "act of aggression."
