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La Carpio Shows Signs of Change After Years Marked by Poverty

Years ago the name La Carpio stood for extreme poverty, homes made of corregated metal and recycled wood, and high crime. That's all changed....

Rural Women Lead Climate Resilience Efforts in Costa Rica’s Farming Communities

Rural women in Costa Rica are playing a growing role in climate adaptation, sustainable agriculture and food security, with new support from United Nations-backed...

Costa Rica’s 2026 Growth Forecast Trimmed by World Bank

The World Bank lowered its 2026 growth forecast for Costa Rica to 3.5%, a modest downgrade that places the country in line with other...

Costa Rica watches the dollar climb after four years of a rising colón

After spending most of 2026 near record lows, the U.S. dollar has clawed back a little ground in Costa Rica over the past two...

Costa Rica Tax Revenue Keeps Falling as UNA Economists Urge Fiscal Reform

A public university research center has called a comprehensive fiscal reform "necessary and urgent," warning that Costa Rica's tax revenue has been sliding since...

Costa Rica Moves to Protect Jobs at Golfito Free Trade Zone

Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly approved a reform this week that gives commercial operators inside the Depósito Libre Comercial de Golfito something they have sought...

Costa Rica Raises Concern Over Russian Military Presence in Nicaragua

Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar expressed concern Thursday over the “significant presence of Russian military personnel” in Nicaragua, during an interview in Paris...

Costa Rica Included in U.S. Forced Labor Tariff Proposal

The Trump administration fired its latest trade salvo this week, announcing proposed tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies following a...

Costa Rica Will Let Cubans Live and Work Legally

Costa Rica has reactivated a special migration category that will allow thousands of Cuban migrants — along with nationals of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Colombia...

Costa Rica Homelessness Has Grown Sharply Over the Past Decade

An estimated 7,133 people were living in street conditions in Costa Rica in 2025, more than half of them in the capital, San José...
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Costa Rica Says Ostional Turtle Nesting Not Seriously Harmed by Strong Swells

Videos showing hundreds of turtle eggs scattered across the sand at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge raised concern this week, after strong Pacific swells eroded...

La Carpio Shows Signs of Change After Years Marked by Poverty

Years ago the name La Carpio stood for extreme poverty, homes made of corregated metal and recycled wood, and high crime. That's all changed....

Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

Costa Rica is moving to give national force to a strategy aimed at reducing one of its most persistent threats to wildlife: electrocution on...

Costa Rica Prepares for Severe El Niño as Water, Power and Tourism Face Pressure

Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...