For years, birders have been drawn to a little jewel in Central America, Costa Rica. In a country the size of West Virginia, ...

While much of tourism in Costa Rica may be centered on stunning beaches or rainforest fauna, in this charming town the draw ...

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves’ 2025 State of the Nation Address used videos to highlight achievements in security, ...

Playas del Coco may have started as a fishing village, but today, it reels in a new kind of visitor. Just 30 minutes from ...

Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica that were previously believed to be pirate ships are ...

The challenges of Costa Rica's poor transportation infrastructure, ranking second-worst in the OECD. Read how congested roads ...

Renting a car and driving in Costa Rica is one of the best ways to see the different regions of the country. From the b ...

The country is taking action to “protect” dozens of migrants from faraway nations who were deported from the United States ...

FILE - A bus carrying migrants from Central Asia and India, deported from the United States, arrives at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 20, 2025.

Unlike the rest of Central America, Costa Rica is not highly dependent on remittances - which represented just 1 % of GDP in 2016, but instead relies on FDI - which accounted for 5.1% of GDP.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A plane carrying migrants from Central Asia and ...

and conditions in the rest of Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua—are no better than in Mexico. Early results from an unpublished IOM survey in Costa Rica show that ...