Costa Rica now requires anyone paid by SINPE Móvil for business to register that phone number with the tax authority. Here is the deadline and the fine.

Costa Rica's CCSS is evaluating Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs for public healthcare patients with diabetes and obesity.

Cocaine seizures in Costa Rica jumped nearly 50% in 2026, with police confiscating more than 40 metric tons through August ...

The main suspect in the killing of American Marc Fleming in Playas del Coco remains at large as new details emerge about what cameras recorded.

Costa Rica is under a nationwide green rain alert after 100+ weekend floods. Soils are up to 100% saturated, with heavy rain expected through Wednesday.

Europeans bought Costa Rica teak trees from a Swiss firm that is now bankrupt. Prosecutors are investigating, and squatters occupy the land.

A national march against university budget cuts leaves San Pedro at 9 a.m. Tuesday and rallies outside the Legislative ...

Storms flooded streets in Heredia and Escazú on Sunday, trapping people and forcing rescues. More heavy rain is forecast ...

Afternoon storms are back across Costa Rica after 2,000 lightning strikes Friday. What to expect where you are and how to stay safe.

Tourism businesses in Cahuita, Costa Rica, report declining visitors and sales following major drug raids, as the Caribbean ...

All of Costa Rica is on rain alert. Soils are near saturation, so even short storms can flood streets through Wednesday. Heavy afternoon storms flooded streets across Heredia and western San José on ...

Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan remains the frontrunner for UN secretary-general but faces opposition from two permanent ...