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Costa Rica Moves to Restrict Imports Linked to Forced Labor

Costa Rica is setting up a new system to keep goods made with forced labor from entering, a move that comes a little more...

Rebeca Grynspan Strengthens Lead in Race for UN Secretary-General

Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan topped an informal United Nations Security Council vote for the third time on Tuesday, in what appears to be growing...

Polarization in Costa Rica is Rooted in Ancient History

At the University of Oxford, we have been helping to build a vast database of world history capable of explaining why some civilizations grow...

Costa Rica El Niño Plan Warns of Major Water Supply Risks

Costa Rica is preparing for possible water shortages affecting hundreds of thousands of people as the strong El Niño weather pattern continues to reduce...

Costa Rica Takes Growing Role in U.S. Deportation Program

Costa Rica has quietly become an important destination in a growing U.S. deportation program that sends migrants to countries they are not from, leaving...

Fernández Says “I Am the President” Amid Backlash Over Tovar Firing

President Laura Fernández has delivered her strongest defense yet of the sudden firing of Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar, warning her entire Cabinet that major...

Tovar Firing Leaves Costa Rica Without a Foreign Minister for UN Speech

Costa Rica is days from its UN General Assembly address with no confirmed speaker, as a timeline of the Trump meeting dispute and warnings from former diplomats raise new questions.

Costa Rica Fires Foreign Minister After Trump Meeting Dispute

President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar today after saying he failed to tell her about a high-level security meeting with U.S. President...

Costa Rican Lawmakers Reject Minute of Silence for Man Who Died in ICE Custody

Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly yesterday rejected a motion to hold a minute of silence for Carlos Josué Marchena, a Costa Rican man who died...

Costa Rica Pilot Faces Discipline After Aviation Safety Criticism

Costa Rican police pilot David Damazzio Fernández faces possible suspension or dismissal over media comments about aviation safety oversight and criticism posted on social media.

Costa Rica Population Could Begin Shrinking Earlier Than Expected

Costa Rica's population could begin shrinking earlier than previously expected as the number of children being born continues to fall faster than population experts...

Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan retakes lead in race to head the UN

Costa Rican economist Rebeca Grynspan moved back to the front of the race to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Friday....

Costa Rica Courts Say Child Support Must Track the Dollar

If you earn in dollars and pay child support in colones, Costa Rican appeals judges say the court can no longer treat the exchange...

Costa Rica’s CCSS Prioritizes Emergency Care on Strike Day

Costa Rica’s public health system has put backup plans in place for a nationwide strike called for today over problems with workers’ pay. Emergency...
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Costa Rica Authorities Find Dock Inside Protected Río Tárcoles Area

Environmental authorities are preparing legal action after inspectors found a long walkway, dock and floating platform extending into a protected area along the Río...

Costa Rica Faces Haiti at a Packed Saprissa With Bryan Ruiz’s Future Undecided

Costa Rica closes its Concacaf Nations League group stage tonight against Haiti, and a national team that went nearly a year without a win...

Can environmentalism in Costa Rica learn lessons from the past?

Does the rise of populism in Costa Rica mean the end to the country’s green credentials? Perhaps, but it doesn’t have to be that...

Heavy Rains Threaten Costa Rica’s Cacao Harvest in the Caribbean

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...