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Costa Rica’s top prosecutor: Judicial branch must get better at policing drug cartel influence

Mexican and Colombian drug cartels have infiltrated Costa Rica's judicial system, the country's top prosecutor said Friday, following the arrest of a high-profile judge accused of working for drug traffickers.

Landslide blocks route between San José and the Caribbean

A landslide at 8 p.m. Thursday night left at least 40 vehicles trapped for more than 12 hours, according to the Transport Ministry (MOPT).

Puerto Limón

A man runs down the beach near the Puerto Limón cruise ship dock. Limón, the largest city on Costa Rica's Caribbean, is seeking to...

Business sector alarmed by approval of China’s $465 million loan to expand the highway to Limón

Representatives of a number of professional associations and private sector chambers expressed their concern on several technical and legal matters of the project to expand Route 32, the main access to the Caribbean, which will be financed with a loan from the government of China.

Legislative commision OKs loan to finance expansion of highway to Limón

The Legislative Assembly’s Financial Affairs Commission on Thursday evening passed a bill authorizing a $465 million loan to finance the expansion of a 107-kilometer stretch of highway connecting the capital to the Caribbean province of Limón.

Caribbean residents square off with opposition lawmaker over highway expansion delays

Limón residents angered by a delay in legislation to expand Route 32, the main highway connecting Costa Rica's capital with the Caribbean coast, descended on San José's Legislative Assembly Wednesday, and the target of their ire was Citizen Action Party lawmaker Manrique Oviedo.

A posh getaway in the Caribbean

In 2004, Banana Azul co-owner Colin Brownlee thought he’d be hosting backpackers. But Internet marketing brought him fancier guests, and he’s been upgrading the property ever since.

Drugs drive rising homicide rates in Costa Rica

Interactive graphic: See how many murders happened where you live this year

Murdered Costa Rican conservationist had been chased by AK-47-wielding poachers

Jairo Mora Sandoval's murder on May 30 followed a year of threats to the Moín turtle conservation program.

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