Costa Rica plans tougher penalties for landowners whose properties contain clandestine airstrips used by drug trafficking ...

Costa Rica's OIJ reports virtual kidnapping complaints surged from 8 to 58 this year, with business owners and online ...

Laura Fernández has been sworn in as Costa Rica's president, with outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves serving as her minister of the presidency and minister of finance.

The charging network is spotty, but it’s a small country. By Jack Ewing Jack Ewing has driven electric cars in six countries. Driving an electric vehicle on a road trip can be challenging enough in ...

This September, JW Marriott Costa Elena Resort & Spa, the world’s first JW Marriott all-inclusive, is opening in Costa Elena, an exclusive luxury beach community in northwest Costa Rica. ByRoger Sands ...

The agreement is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept people who have been detained in the United States. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Costa Rica said on Monday it had ...

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's communist government to pull its diplomats from San José. "We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere," Costa Rican ...

In an abrupt and unexpected gesture, the government of Costa Rica announced Wednesday the closure of its embassy in Havana and told Cuban diplomats to leave San José, the country’s capital, citing the ...

When it comes to countries with squeaky clean images, Costa Rica has consistently ranked high alongside Finland, the world’s happiest country, and Iceland, a bastion of tranquility, according to the ...

Costa Ricans have elected conservative populist Laura Fernández as their next president, according to preliminary results, making her the latest right-leaning leader to win office in Latin America.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Laura Fernández won Costa Rica’s presidency with 48.3% of the vote, avoiding a runoff and pledging to continue her ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica’s presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation’s politics started by her ...