For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing ...

A group of human rights lawyers is suing Costa Rica, alleging the Central American nation violated the rights of dozens of ...

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

COMMENTARY Costa Rica is a longstanding democratic model in the hemisphere — but is its controversial president poised to ...

Costa Rica’s AG accuses President Chaves of concusión, seeks immunity lift over a $405K contract scandal involving abuse of office ...

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 ...

The Department of Investigation, tasked with stamping out corruption in city government, has lost more than a quarter of its employees since 2019. By Jan Ransom In recent months, New York City’s ...

Arias Sánchez, 84, said in an interview with Morning Edition that U.S. Embassy workers in Costa Rica told him his visa was revoked due to his close ties with the Chinese government. Arias Sánchez ...

In 2023, Costa Rica set a homicide record with 907, down somewhat in 2024 to 880. So far this year, the country is on nearly the same homicide pace as last year, according to government data. Unlike ...

CNN has contacted the State Department for comment. Arias was Costa Rica’s president between 1986 and 1990 and again between 2006 and 2010. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his role in ...

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 ...