Costa Rica's Finance Ministry has increased the selective consumption tax applied to electric vehicles, a change Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday evening and...
Costa Rica’s emergency services are urging residents and visitors to download the official 911 application before the August 2 Romería, highlighting features that can...
President Laura Fernández said yesterday that she has received information about roughly nine alleged plans to attack her, including one she described as involving...
A senior San José municipal official who helped develop controversial new rules for bars, restaurants and live entertainment has resigned, days after the city...
Former President and Nobel Peace laureate Óscar Arias has accused Costa Rica of surrendering its foreign-policy independence to the United States, telling a San...
Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has given final approval to an extraordinary budget that redirects ₡70 billion (about $154 million) previously assigned to childcare, nutrition...
San José’s municipal government is moving to discard a proposed entertainment regulation that would have restricted dancing, live music, DJs and karaoke at restaurants...
A political fight over music licensing fees has reached Costa Rica’s municipal governments, raising questions about how restaurants, bars, hotels and other businesses must...
José Flores Flores, a Guanacaste farmer whose reported birth date is supported by Costa Rican civil and church records, celebrated his 119th birthday Saturday...
Costa Rica's Finance Ministry has increased the selective consumption tax applied to electric vehicles, a change Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday evening and...
Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace has ordered the immediate removal of every television set from cells across the national prison system, the...