The proposal would create a legal path for some rural properties accessed by agricultural easements to be used for tourism, residential, or recreational projects....
Costa Rican President Laura Fernández has raised the stakes in a long-running trade dispute with Panama, ordering her foreign minister to pursue international action...
Costa Rica’s National Chamber of Tourism is backing a new legislative proposal that would bring back long weekends by moving five public holidays to...
The suspension of Randall Zúñiga, director of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency, could be extended for three more months after Judicial Inspection asked the...
Former Partido Nueva República legislator and three-time presidential candidate Fabricio Alvarado appeared Tuesday morning at Costa Rica’s Prosecutor General’s Office in San José for...
A significant earthquake shook Costa Rica’s Central Pacific region this morning, startling residents and visitors in Jacó, Garabito and parts of the Central Valley....
Costa Rica is preparing to move ahead with its long-delayed digital vehicle registration sticker system, known locally as the marchamo digital, beginning with the...
President Laura Fernández Delgado opened her administration by sending a clear message to the Legislative Assembly: the first major fights of her government will...
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Tourism between El Salvador and Guatemala is consolidating as one of Central America's strongest growth stories, with millions of cross-border travelers fueling a regional...
Four opposition factions in Costa Rica's Asamblea Legislativa have closed ranks against the executive branch's bid to reopen metallic open-pit mining in Crucitas, ratifying...
The National Liberation Party has announced it will vote against Costa Rica’s proposed electricity market harmonization bill, a decision that effectively blocks one of...
