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Costa Rican President Rejects Immunity Vote, Says It’s a Judicial Coup

Tico Times - September 18, 2025

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Costa Rica Electric Car Market Booms Despite Gradual Tax Increases

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Costa Rica’s 2026 Elections: Voters Remain Undecided as Crime Tops Concerns

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Costa Rica Faces Trump’s Tariff Exemption Demand for Key Farm Products

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Costa Rica Ex-President Rodríguez Trial Resumes in Reinsurance Scandal

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The trial against former President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría restarted today in the Tribunal Penal de Hacienda y de la Función Pública, marking the...

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Costa Rica Joins Regional Call to Address Reverse Migration Crisis

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Migration in the region is undergoing a shift, marked by the mass return of migrants from the north to the south of the continent....

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Uber Drivers in Costa Rica May Sue After Abrupt App Bans

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Uber drivers in Costa Rica who allege they were wrongfully disconnected from the platform are considering legal action against the company after a landmark...

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Costa Rica Faces Decade of Lost Progress in Education, Report Finds

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Costa Rica lost ten years of progress in education, according to the Tenth Report on the State of Education 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic, along...

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Costa Rica Court Rules Uber Driver an Employee, Orders Vacation and Severance Pay

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A court in Costa Rica has ruled that Uber must treat one of its drivers as an employee, not an independent contractor. The decision...

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Costa Rica’s Role in US Deportation Drama with Salvadoran Migrant

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A Salvadoran man at the center of a heated US immigration battle could end up in Costa Rica if he accepts a guilty plea,...

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Costa Rica President Confronts Calls to Strip Immunity

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Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves denounced today an “attempted judicial coup” as he appeared before a congressional committee that must recommend to the full...

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Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Central Valley

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An earthquake shook Costa Rica early Friday morning. The tremor occurred at 12:45 a.m. with a magnitude of 4.4. Its epicenter was located 1...

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Route 32 Reopens After Landslide Cleanup, Preventive Closures Still Possible

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Drivers heading between San José and Limón can use Route 32 again. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) reopened the road this...

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Costa Rica Faces Criticism Over Press and Labor Rights

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The U.S. Department of State published the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, highlighting there “were no significant changes in the human rights...