If passed, women who have abortions could face up to six years in jail, while doctors or anyone else who performs the procedure without the woman’s consent could get up to 12 years. President Rodrigo ...

In 2018, UNHCR expanded its operations by opening a Field Office in Upala, close to the Nicaragua border. As part of our work, UNHCR assists the Government of Costa Rica in their response to the ...

United States dollars are often accepted in-country as well. #5 The Costa Rican government is a democratic republic ruled by ...

The following is an excerpt from The World Atlas of Coffee, 2nd Edition by James Hoffmann. Excerpted with Permission from Firefly Books Ltd. Coffee has been grown in Costa Rica since the early ...

Poverty has remained around 20-25% for nearly 20 years, and the government’s strong social safety net has eroded due to increased constraints on its expenditures. Costa Rica’s credit rating ...

In October last year we reported that Sutel had restarted the country’s 5G spectrum auction process after objections from Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Grupo ICE), the Costa Rican ...

The Costa Rican government appealed for aid, and the U.S. rushed in an initial 4,000 tons of cattle feed, plus 500 respirators for street cleaners. Costa Rican businessmen raised an emergency fund ...

Alfaro, Laura. "Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama: A New Alliance for Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in the Americas." Government Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign ...

A second key challenge is finance. The Costa Rican government has always been frank in saying that achieving neutrality depends on international financial support. Yet this finance has been slow ...

Those cars belong to the Costa Rican Embassy. Along with El Salvador, the government of Costa Rica for years has been alone in the world in officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ...

In May 2012 , the Costa Rican government established the band tariff for hydropower plants. The lower rate was set at $0.0798 per kilowatt hour, the average rate at $0.1080 per kilowatt hour and ...