Costa Rica’s national water utility is under renewed scrutiny after officials warned that more than half of the water produced by the Instituto Costarricense...
Costa Rica’s illegal gold mining problem is no longer confined to the long-running Crucitas debate, the Colegio de Geólogos de Costa Rica warned, calling...
Costa Rican prosecutors are warning that environmental crimes such as wildlife trafficking, illegal mining, illegal logging and the unlawful trade in natural resources are...
On a stretch of Pacific coastline inside the Golfo de Papagayo tourism zone, an ongoing standoff between developers and environmental advocates reached a new...
President Laura Fernández said the government could take the Crucitas mining issue to a national referendum if a bill to allow regulated open-pit gold...
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance has stepped up its campaign against tax evasion and contraband with a major inspection operation near San José’s Coca-Cola...
Costa Rica has begun installing 55 warning signs at beaches, rivers, national parks and conservation areas where crocodiles and caimans are known to live,...