Costa Rica’s Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland, a 33,000-hectare haven of mangroves and rivers, is under siege from an unlikely source: pineapple farms. A study by...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica and U.S. Strengthen Border Scans and Biometric Cooperation

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem met Wednesday with Honduran President Xiomara Castro to discuss security and migration, following her offer in Costa...

Crime

Celso Gamboa Allegedly Ran Drug Ring with Costa Rican Government Ties

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Celso Gamboa, once Costa Rica’s Security Minister and a Supreme Court judge, now faces extradition to the U.S. for leading a major cocaine trafficking...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Rare Birds at Risk as Human Activity Threatens Extinction

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Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird, a striking black bird with a red throat pouch and crest, is in trouble. A new study in Nature Ecology...

Expat Living

Why Costa Rica Feels Like a Safe Haven for This Longtime Expat

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If someone asked me to sum up why I live in Costa Rica in 5 words or less, my answer could well be: “It...

Costa Rica

Costa Rican Court Orders Release of Migrants Deported Under Trump Deal

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A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants who had been detained in a shelter after being deported under an...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Hunts for Nicaraguan Hit Squad After Exile’s Assassination

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Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) is investigating whether a hit squad tied to Nicaragua’s Ortega-Murillo regime is targeting exiled critics on its soil....