The Legislative Commission on Human Rights will focus on implementing the recommendations international organizations have made to Costa Rica in this area. It is...
A UN official called on the Colombian government to step up measures to protect human rights defenders following an upsurge in the number murdered since the signing of a peace agreement with former FARC guerrillas.
In late October, 33-year-old U.S. native Brandon Rowlands died in Costa Rica. Shortly beforehand, he had been placed into an early-release program following a...
A judge's order to release 380 prisoners from Alajuela's overcrowded Gerardo RodrÃguez prison has caused government infighting and pushback from the tourism industry.
The Rincón de la Vieja volcano erupted twice today and the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori-UNA) reported no ashfall and no...
Residents of Aserrà are facing prolonged water shortages that have disrupted homes, schools and businesses, while the local government considers handing control of its...
