A loan-funded program to upgrade water systems in Jacó, Quepos, Manuel Antonio, Limón and Guácimo has reached just 25% completion after seven years, according to a Ministry of Finance...
The European Union announced today that it had removed Panama and Vietnam from its tax haven blacklist, citing progress made by both countries. The decision was taken by EU...
A powerful earthquake centered in southern Panama shook much of Costa Rica today. The long, rolling motion sent people out of homes and offices from the Southern Zone to...
Costa Rica's OIJ carried out 80 raids Friday against an alleged network accused of stealing 654,000 liters of fuel and $1.5 million in cargo, with 22 detained.
Costa Rica’s main highway between San José and the Caribbean remained closed this morning after heavy rain triggered landslides at several points along Route 32. The Ministry of...
Costa Rica is once again under scrutiny from the United States over shortcomings in the monitoring of its fishing fleet, less than three years after receiving a positive certification...
New details emerging from Costa Rica’s investigation into alleged drug-money laundering through concerts show that two prominent event producers detained this week had recent contacts with political figures and...
Former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan on Wednesday topped a United Nations Security Council “straw poll” for the fourth time in the race to become the next UN...
Costa Rica’s coffee industry is warning that the unusually strong colón is putting growing pressure on farms, pushing some producers to cut workers and replace manual jobs with machinery....
Costa Rica is now home to the world's first all-inclusive JW Marriott. The JW Marriott Costa Elena Resort & Spa has opened at Playa El Jobo in La Cruz,...
Two well-known Costa Rican concert producers were among 18 people arrested Wednesday in a money laundering investigation into whether an alleged drug trafficking organization used concerts and entertainment events...
The PLN’s 17 votes could decide whether Costa Rica joins the CPTPP if the accord needs a two-thirds majority, as President Laura Fernández weighs whether to sign.
Costa Rica’s prosecutor’s office has suspended its investigation into who ordered the 2025 killing of retired Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua’s government who was...
Camera traps installed along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast have identified 11 individual jaguars in and around Tortuguero National Park, offering researchers a closer look at how the largest wild...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella are expected to attend the Oct. 14 inauguration of Costa Rica's new maximum-security prison, according to reports in...
Costa Rica's attorney general will investigate whether a naturalized Costa Rican detained for extradition to the United States had political ties or helped finance last February's presidential campaign, after...
Residents of Playa Sámara are pushing for the restoration of the Río Lagarto mangrove, an ecosystem that environmental authorities say was heavily altered by decades of filling and development...
Job creation has struggled to gain momentum in Costa Rica, while business closures and corporate restructuring have resulted in the loss of at least 6,000 jobs over the past...
Costa Rican environmental prosecutors are investigating alleged damage to a wetland near Cartago that contains natural hot springs, wildlife habitat and a network of waterways increasingly surrounded by industrial...
Costa Rica is one of only two Latin American countries where a majority believes the nation is heading in the right direction, according to the 2026 Latinobarómetro.
Costa Rica is one of only two Latin American countries where a majority believes the nation is heading in the right direction, according to the 2026 Latinobarómetro.
A government directive proposes recovering the extra cost of generating electricity during El Niño through rates over 36 months to avoid abrupt increases.
Honduras has approved stricter prison rules targeting suspected gang members and drug traffickers, adopting measures similar to those used in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown.
Panama’s government again asked the People’s Republic of China to accede to the protocol of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of...
U.S. immigration authorities arrested a Nicaraguan journalist on Monday who is critical of the government of Daniel Ortega and has been living in exile...
Costa Rica's National Museum sent an archaeologist to a rural high school in Pérez Zeledón yesterday after construction crews rebuilding the campus turned up...
Camera traps installed along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast have identified 11 individual jaguars in and around Tortuguero National Park, offering researchers a closer look...
Residents of Playa Sámara are pushing for the restoration of the Río Lagarto mangrove, an ecosystem that environmental authorities say was heavily altered by...
Costa Rican environmental prosecutors are investigating alleged damage to a wetland near Cartago that contains natural hot springs, wildlife habitat and a network of...
A decades-long fight over a proposed waste project in Picagres has flared again after the Mora municipal administration issued a new land-use certificate for...
Heavy rains in Costa Rica’s Caribbean region are damaging cacao plantations and could reduce harvests for months to come, with some producers in Talamanca...
