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The Central American country has experienced an alarming increase in homicides between 2012 and 2017, when it reached a level of 12.1 violent deaths per 100,000 citizens, according to the judicial police.

The Costa Rican government announced its plan to fully decarbonize the economy by 2050 this Sunday.  A big part of their plan involves electrifying the public and private transport system. While electric cars still feel new, they've been around for some time. Here's a photo of an electric car in Costa Rica back in June 1996. 

For almost a century, the inhabitants of Robinson Crusoe — named for literature's most famous castaway — have known that their island's fragile ecosystem depends on them conserving its unique wildlife.

Many of the freed prisoners waved flags, sang the country's national anthem and shouted "Viva Nicaragua".

"This country needs The Vatican to pay attention. We need them to realize that not only do these things happen in the United States or Chile, but in Costa Rica and Central America.”

Costa Rica said it will not support any "road map" that does not contemplate democratic means as a starting point to solve the Venezuelan crisis.

Saprissa cut the deficit to 4-1 with Mariano Torres's score in the 45th minute, but it was too little, too late for the Costa Rican side.

The Vatican has expelled Costa Rican priest Mauricio Víquez from the clergy, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José announced Monday.

On Sunday, Costa Rica announced its vision for the future, and it’s carbon free. Christiana Figueres, who’s heading the United Nations fight on climate change, took to the stage at the Museum of Costa Rican Art to introduce the plan.