No menu items!

COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

HomeCosta Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Pressured to Reveal Whereabouts of U.S.-Deported Migrants

Costa Rica’s Ombudsman’s Office has given immigration authorities 24 hours to disclose where the first group of migrants deported from the United States is...

Costa Rica Accepts First U.S. Deported Migrants Under New Third Country Deal

Costa Rica received its first group of migrants deported from the United States on Saturday under a new third-country agreement signed in March, marking...

Costa Rica Designates Iran’s IRGC as a Terrorist Organization

Costa Rica has formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, placing the country alongside a growing group of governments in...

Costa Rica Inauguration Set as Former Presidents Are Left Off Guest List

Costa Rica’s May 8 presidential inauguration has been moved up to 11:00 a.m. at the National Stadium, two hours earlier than originally planned, as...

Costa Rica INS Dismissals Prompt Outrage Over Unequal Labor Rules

Rules for some and not for others as Costa Rica’s INS admits firing pregnant workers and employees days from retirement. The INS case cuts...

Despite Costa Rica Deal, U.S. Still Seeks to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

The U.S. government told a federal judge Tuesday that it still intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, even after Costa Rica agreed...

Don’t Get Caught in the Rain: Costa Rica’s Weather Forecast for This Week

The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) is forecasting variable conditions across Costa Rica this week, with weak trade winds driving heat, humidity, and afternoon storm...

Costa Rica Oversight Body Warns U.S. Deportation Deal Could Trigger Rights Violations

A Costa Rican oversight body is warning that the country risks repeating human rights violations if it moves ahead with a new agreement to...

Costa Rica Included in New U.S. Greater North America Security Strategy

Costa Rica has been folded into a new U.S. strategic concept that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls “Greater North America,” a label the Trump...

Costa Rica Takes Over Leadership of the OAS Permanent Council

Costa Rica took over the rotating chair of the Organization of American States Permanent Council today, placing Ambassador Alejandra Solano at the head of...
Costa Rica Coffee
Costa Rica Furniture
Loading…
COSTA RICA EXCHANGE RATE
Costa Rica T shirts
Costa Rica Travel Insruance
Costa Rica Travel

Costa Rica’s Colón Won’t Weaken — Now Two BCCR Directors Want a Rate Cut

Costa Rica's colón continues to defy gravity against the U.S. dollar, closing yet another week below the ¢460 mark and tightening the squeeze on...

El Salvador Tourism Hits All-Time High in 2025

El Salvador recorded a historic 4.1 million international visitors in 2025, the highest annual figure the country has ever seen. Ministry of Tourism data...

Latin American elites see journalism as “subversive,” says Guatemalan journalist

Renowned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora considered a “prisoner of conscience” by international organizations, said Friday that Latin America’s political and economic elites view...

Panama Canal Fees Hit $4 Million as Hormuz Tensions Reroute Trade

Shipping companies have paid as much as $4 million in last-minute auction fees to send vessels through the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority...