Panama will break ground in January 2026 on a railway linking Panama City to Paso Canoas on the Costa Rica border. This 475-kilometer, $4.1-$5 billion project aims to transform travel and trade in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Three new Pleurothallis orchid species endemic to Costa Rica and Panama have been identified in the Talamanca cloud forests at 1400–2550 m elevation. These ...

Costa Rica just scored a big win for its farmers and exporters. The European Union classified the country as low-risk for deforestation under its Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR), set to take ...

But they are not native to Costa Rica, and the Public Security Ministry said Thursday that possessing, transporting or trafficking them is illegal. The agency said it had never recorded another ...

Ya salieron los resultados de la Lotería Nacional de Costa Rica del domingo 1 de junio. El sorteo 4852 del juego organizado por la JPS también regaló un jugoso acumulado. ¡Herediano es el ...

Luis Chaves (San José, 1969) es considerado uno de los poetas contemporáneos más importantes de Costa Rica y de Centroamérica, aunque él dice que no le gusta que lo llamen poeta. Porque ...

GENEVA – As humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, due to continuing displacement from Nicaragua, a 41 per cent funding cut is seriously impacting the ability of UNHCR, the UN Refugee ...

The arrests Wednesday came during multi-city raids aimed at disrupting what Costa Rica’s immigration police call “a transnational organized crime structure” dedicated to human trafficking an ...

COSTA RICA, May 20, (AP): Video has emerged showing Costa Rican prison officials catching a cat with packages of illegal drugs strapped to its body. An officer at the Pococí prison in northeastern ...

The IMF last month said Costa Rica’s growth was expected to ease to around 3.5% in 2025 and inflation was expected to return to the central bank’s target of 3%. IMF approves $1.5 billion, 2 ...

Need a break from the capital? Charlotte Lytton heads to Costa Rica in search of lush rainforests and diverse wildlife with a side of show-stopping cuisine The Standard's journalism is supported ...

The IMF approved today a two-year arrangement for Costa Rica under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL), for an amount of about US$1.5 billion (equivalent to 300 percent of quota). Costa Rica qualifies for ...