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Former Costa Rica Minister Luis Amador Announces Self-Imposed Exile to Canada Amid Corruption Investigation

The former Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Luis Amador, announced his "self-imposed exile" and informed that he would go to live permanently in...

Costa Rica Exposes Real Estate Mafia Destroying Ecosystems

Luis Diego Hernández, coordinating prosecutor of the Environmental Deputy Prosecutor's Office, denounced the existence of a real estate mafia in Costa Rica profiting from...

Cocaine Concealed in Costa Rican Pineapples Seized in Rotterdam

Over a ton of cocaine arrived at the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Europe, in a container with pineapples from Costa Rica, as confirmed...

Central American Journalists Face Intimidation, Threats, and Exile, Report Reveals

According to the University of Costa Rica, intimidation, direct and indirect threats, espionage, insecurity, labor and sexual harassment, and forced exile are part of...

Costa Rica Arrests 5 from NGO Accused of Embezzling Public Funds

On Tuesday, the Judicial Investigation Organism (OIJ) apprehended five individuals allegedly involved in an organization partly funded by public resources, including four women masquerading...

Spanish Authorities Seize Cocaine Hidden in Costa Rican Coffee Shipment

Spanish authorities announced the discovery of 419 kilograms of cocaine concealed within a shipment of coffee from Costa Rica. The illicit substance was uncovered...
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Constitutional Court Upholds Cocos Island National Park Expansion

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) annouced the Constitutional Court rejected the action filed by...

Expat Living: Our Many Houses in Costa Rica

As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on...

Chaves Suggests “Lobbying” Behind Norway’s Refusal to Help

President Rodrigo Chaves insinuated that Norway was influenced by "lobbying" in rejecting Costa Rica's request for cooperation to calculate the value of alleged natural...