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Costa Rica Prosecutors Investigate Pico Blanco Plane Crash That Killed Five

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Prosecutors in Costa Rica have opened a negligent homicide investigation into the November 2024 crash of a commercial passenger plane on Cerro Pico Blanco,...
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Prison Cases at Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Jump 124% Amid Crackdown

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Prison-related cases at Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber rose from 2,130 in 2020 to 4,780 in 2025, as tougher prison rules collide with the state's duty to feed and treat inmates.
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Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her

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A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends.
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Red Tide Spreads in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and Cooking Won’t Make Shellfish Safe

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SENASA widened the Gulf of Nicoya red tide ban. Cooking doesn't make oysters, mussels or pianguas safe.
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Costa Rica’s Grynspan Wins 12 of 15 Votes in Eighth UN Secretary-General Poll

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Rebeca Grynspan won 12 of 15 Security Council votes in the eighth UN secretary-general straw poll.
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Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground

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If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow...
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Costa Rica Removes Don Pepe Figueres Monument After Protest Vandalism

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth removed the bronze monument to former President José Figueres Ferrer from San José’s Plaza de la Democracia...
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A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest

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Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a...
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Local Elections Drove Costa Rica’s CPTPP Reversal, Sources Say

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Concerns about the 2028 municipal elections helped drive Costa Rica's decision to abandon its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...
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Your $1,000 Now Buys 46,810 Fewer Colones Than in January

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The US dollar slipped again in Costa Rica this week, leaving anyone who earns in dollars and spends in colones with noticeably less buying...
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5,000 Shareholders, No Dividends and a Court Order for Hospital CIMA’s Top Executive

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A civil court in San José has ordered Clifton Neal Orme, the legal representative of Hospital CIMA, to appear in person and testify in...
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Pope Leo XIV Departs for First Latin America Journey to Uruguay Argentina and Peru

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Pope Leo XIV leaves Rome on Friday, November 6, 2026, for a twelve-day apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The Holy See Press...
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Costa Rica’s First Direct Flight From Poland Lands in Guanacaste

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Costa Rica's first direct flight from Poland landed in Guanacaste on Nov. 5, launching weekly LOT charters from Katowice through Dec. 17.
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Every Big Mac Sold in Costa Rica on Nov. 13 Goes to Charity

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On Nov. 13, every Big Mac sold at McDonald's in Costa Rica funds sick children's families and a youth jobs program. The goal is 75,000.
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Costa Rica Prosecutors Investigate Pico Blanco Plane Crash That Killed Five

Prosecutors in Costa Rica have opened a negligent homicide investigation into the November 2024 crash of a commercial passenger plane on Cerro Pico Blanco,...
Read more

Prison Cases at Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Jump 124% Amid Crackdown

Prison-related cases at Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber rose from 2,130 in 2020 to 4,780 in 2025, as tougher prison rules collide with the state's duty to feed and treat inmates.
Read more

Fire Chief Says Fernández Gave No Order on Ambulance Deal, but a Memo Cites Her

A Sept. 25 memo cites President Fernández as the basis for a $13.88 million no-bid ambulance deal the fire chief defends.
Read more

Red Tide Spreads in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya and Cooking Won’t Make Shellfish Safe

SENASA widened the Gulf of Nicoya red tide ban. Cooking doesn't make oysters, mussels or pianguas safe.
Read more