Costa Rica is one of only two Latin American countries where a majority believes the nation is heading in the right direction, according to the 2026 Latinobarómetro.
A government directive proposes recovering the extra cost of generating electricity during El Niño through rates over 36 months to avoid abrupt increases.
Trump backs a ban on US diesel exports as Costa Rica, which buys much of its diesel from the United States, faces a proposed increase of up to 100 colones per liter in October.
Costa Rica has proposed a 15% tax on certain passive income earned abroad, including interest, dividends, rents and capital gains. The measure is not yet law
Costa Rica’s coffee industry is warning that the unusually strong colón is putting growing pressure on farms, pushing some producers to cut workers and...
Two well-known Costa Rican concert producers were among 18 people arrested Wednesday in a money laundering investigation into whether an alleged drug trafficking organization...
The PLN’s 17 votes could decide whether Costa Rica joins the CPTPP if the accord needs a two-thirds majority, as President Laura Fernández weighs whether to sign.
