The children, some as young as 2, are part of a group of hundreds of migrants from mostly Asian countries — Afghanistan, ...

Yet I fear Chaves and Costa Rica could be poised to move in that direction — and for reasons that are about more than just reining in narco-thugs. Simply put, Chaves is under the corruption ...

A legal challenge filed Thursday aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration’s ...

Costa Rica Government Used Development Bank Funds for Kickbacks, Prosecutor Alleges SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the ...

The attorney general's office of Costa Rica has filed charges against President Rodrigo Chaves and Culture Minister Jorge Rodriguez. The charges pertain to an alleged influence scheme involving a ...

Insecurity and crime have soared to unprecedented levels in Costa Rica, emerging as one of our country’s most ... Other pressing issues include corruption (13.9%), poor governance (10.4%), and the ...

After being deported from the U.S. with his wife and 6-year-old son, German Smirnov, a Russian national, is being held at a migrant camp in the Central American country.

SAN JOSE - Costa ... Rica's prosecutor's office. Cruz is already under criminal investigation, prosecutors said, along with the head of a communications firm contracted by the Costa Rican ...

SAN JOSE, April 7 (Reuters) - Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds ... findings of that investigation to Costa Rica's prosecutor's office.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday ...