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Costa Rica’s guilty voters

One Costa Rican voter's shame at betraying her party roots.

President ‘Carlitos’ and Costa Rica’s generational shift

He's young enough to understand the digital generation, but young enough that maybe he's even lived outside of a condominium.

Goodbye, Fabricio!

The PRN campaign was crumbling with each passing day, while on the other side things looked more boring, less spectacular, but more balanced.

In Costa Rica, friends didn’t fight over politics; those days are gone

We’re a more unequal society, grumpier, more distrustful.

La campaña en que Costa Rica ignoró su realidad

Ya sabemos que nuestro Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) llama a un voto racional, inteligente, bien informado y eso está muy bien como pretensión,...

Costa Rica has earthly problems, but this election season ended over the rainbow

We all know that our Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) is calling for a rational, intelligent, well informed vote – and that’s all well and...

How Juan Diego Castro is turning Costa Rica upside down

The evolution of an unprecedented candidate in 10 paragraphs.

January’s here and the gloves are off: Costa Rica’s true campaign begins

The electoral “truce” is over, but it wasn’t much of a truce, for two reasons. First, before the mandatory ad-free period began over Christmas,...

Costa Rica’s elections 2018: a primer

In days of yore, Costa Rican elections were called a “fiesta electoral,” a celebration of democracy where many Costa Ricans were fiercely and visibly...

A second round, Holy Sunday and the poor electoral menu

Let’s assume it's a fact that Costa Rica will vote for its next president for the first time in our history on Easter Sunday,...

Costa Rica’s Democracy at Risk: Judicial Branch in Crisis

In this country, as in so many others, sports metaphors can explain just about anything. They even work in the most complex and serious...

Is party allegiance dead in Costa Rica? There’s more to it than meets the eye

"It could be that the moment arrives when having a party will be a transgressive act... but I suspect that we cannot assume that Costa Rica’s parties are extinct dinosaurs."

Costa Rica’s Traffic Nightmare Car Boom Overwhelms San José Streets

I love talking to Costa Rican friends who live abroad and come back from time to time, because they bring a fresh perspective: they...

Trump Effect Reaches Costa Rica Concerns Rise Over Election Integrity

The electoral campaign has gathered speed too quickly in Costa Rica. There’s still a year to go and we are already seeing organized presidential...
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Democrats Win Congress but Costa Rica’s US Tariff Stays

Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections. The result hands President Donald Trump a divided government for...

Djokovic Rallies in Paris to Keep ATP Finals Hopes Alive

At 39, Djokovic became the oldest match winner in Paris Masters history and kept his ATP Finals hopes alive.

What JetBlue’s Multi-Billion Dollar Debt Means for Costa Rica Flights

JetBlue creditors have hired restructuring advisers as the airline's bonds slid to 42 cents on the dollar, raising questions about its Costa Rica routes.

Your 2027 Marchamo Is Lower if You Drive a Private Car

If you drive a private car, your 2027 marchamo is probably a little cheaper than last year's. The National Insurance Institute (INS) puts the...