Costa Rica News News Costa Rica » Politics: Thinking about moving from the US to Costa Rica for political reasons? Here's what that actually looks like
I hear some version of this question constantly now: "I just need to get out of the U.S. — is Costa Rica the answer?" I understand the impulse. I've lived outside the U.S. for over 15 years now, and I ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica presidency after first-round victory, invokes faith in victory speech
Laura Fernández Delgado of the Pueblo Soberano Party (PPSO) won Costa Rica’s presidential election Sunday with a first-round victory, surpassing the threshold needed to avoid a runoff and becoming the ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Costa Rica president accuses judiciary of political persecution
Aug. 25 (UPI) --A special congressional committee in Costa Rica is reviewing a request to lift President Rodrigo Chaves' immunity, putting the executive branch and judiciary at odds. Tensions between ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: El Salvador's Bukele visit to Costa Rica stirs political controversy
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele (R), walks alongside the vice president of Costa Rica, Mary Munive, at Juan Santamaria ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Runaway Drug Violence Sets Off a Political Earthquake in Costa Rica
LIMÓN, Costa Rica—Once a beacon of democratic stability in a region beset by lawlessness, Costa Rica is facing a surge in drug violence that threatens to upend the country’s political system. With ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Costa Rica splits from C.America body over migrant crisis
Costa Rica on Friday partially pulled out of SICA, a regional body promoting Central American cooperation, after neighboring nations refused to help handle a growing Cuban migrant crisis. President ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Costa Rica’s Election Draws Near: What Are the Candidates’ Positions on Weed?
Presidential elections in Costa Rica are scheduled for February 1, 2026, and we’re looking at quite a broad landscape. Amid fragmentation and indecision, Costa Ricans will have to choose from a vast ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: POLITICS TODAY-Costa Rica to regularize status of 200,000 migrants
* Brazil farm sector leader blasts a return to office by Lula Aug 10 (Reuters) - The latest in Latin American politics today: Costa Rica to make status of 200,000 mostly Nicaraguan migrants official ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: Meet Gerhard Hernández, Costa Rica's first trans elected official — and a Gen Z Coldplay fan
Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at ...
News Costa Rica » Politics: El Salvador's Bukele visit to Costa Rica stirs political controversy
Jan. 14 (UPI) --El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele traveled to Costa Rica during the final stretch of that country's presidential campaign, triggering a fresh political and legal controversy.