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Coralmania: Celebrating Coral Reef Restoration in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Pacific coral reefs were planted with hundreds of fresh corals this month, as part of Coralmania, in an effort to highlight coral...

Thunberg denounces COP26 deal, UN chief warns ‘catastrophe’ close

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "climate catastrophe", while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday's COP26 climate conference deal as "blah,...

Costa Rica lawmakers sink trawling project

A majority of lawmakers this week supported President Carlos Alvarado’s veto of a controversial project that would have authorized trawl fishing in Costa Rican waters.

The Washington Post features Costa Rica

The Washington Post, a major U.S. newspaper, featured Costa Rica and Environment Minister Andrea Meza as part of its coverage on climate change.

Activists push Costa Rica to ban oil and gas exploitation forever

Personalities from the entertainment world and international diplomats pressured the Legislative Assembly to pass a law that would permanently ban the exploitation of fossil fuels in Costa Rica.

Waste management ‘one of biggest environmental problems,’ Costa Rica says

The Costa Rican government on Wednesday called mis-handling of solid waste one of the biggest environmental problems facing the country today. 

President Carlos Alvarado vetoes Costa Rica’s controversial trawling project

President Carlos Alvarado on Friday announced that he has vetoed a project that would authorize trawl fishing in Costa Rican waters. 

Costa Rican Congress approves controversial trawling law

The new legislation sets in motion the process to resume trawling in Costa Rica, a country that prides itself on its environmental policies.

Costa Rica passes watered-down anti-plastics law

The project was originally more ambitious, but that he modified it so as not to affect the plastics industry, which employs 14,000 people in Costa Rica.

New York at the center of the fight against climate change

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado is expected to attend.
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Costa Rica Ends Papagayo Building-Rights Transfer Rule

Costa Rica as thrown out a contested building rule at the center of a court fight over development in the Gulf of Papagayo. The...

English National Exam Suspended in Costa Rica After Reported Test Leak

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Education suspended and annulled the National Standardized Foreign Language Exam in English after exam material reportedly circulated among students...

Joy for Colombia, Heartbreak for Panama at World Cup 2026

A day that began with hope for Latin America's two teams in action at the 2026 World Cup ended in sharply different moods —...

Costa Rica Search for Missing American Hiker Takes Grim Turn

Costa Rican rescue officials located a body Wednesday afternoon near the area where American hiker Ashley Nicole Phillips disappeared in Pérez Zeledón, bringing a...