Costa Rica has become the first country in the world without state-owned zoos, closing the Simón Bolívar Zoo and the Santa Ana Conservation Center to promote wildlife conservation and relocating over 250 animals to better habitats

Heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding and landslides across northern Costa Rica and Limón, leaving several communities isolated, with road closures, damaged infrastructure and emergency teams deployed across affected areas

A bill seeks to establish the procedure for withdrawing the credentials of deputies who commit serious breaches of the duty of probity and to fill a legal void that the Legislative Assembly has kept unresolved for 16 years

Liberia airport in Guanacaste surpassed visitor records in the first quarter of 2026 and, expecting more high-end travelers, it is entering an expansion phase and is preparing for new concessions