President Laura Chinchilla leaves office Thursday as the least popular leader in Latin America for the second year in a row. Check out our timeline of the scandals and resignations that dealt a black eye to Chinchilla’s government.
A comprehensive Tico Times analysis of the environmental successes and failures by the outgoing National Liberation Party administration of Laura Chinchilla. The first part in a two part series about the future of the environment in Costa Rica.
Though perhaps not as entertaining as the blunders that may come to define the Chinchilla years, here is a list of her administration's actions that Doña Laura wants to promote.
For an administration that was largely weighed down by scandal and perceived mismanagement, public security has ended up as President Laura Chinchilla’s most likely legacy for Costa Rica.
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Justice and Peace announced Monday that prison authorities have removed 263 microwave ovens from correctional facilities across the country, part...
There are stories that unfold quietly.
They don't make sensational headlines or end with delegates storming out of the room in protest. They are quieter...
Costa Rican authorities arrested a 40-year-old Costa Rican man Monday morning in Puerto Viejo de Limón after U.S. authorities requested his extradition on drug...
