Costa Rica

For the first time ever, the government has authorised electronic payments to pay for public bus rides - a major step forward into modernising the public transportation system

A Russian-based cyberattack hit the government, blackmailing public entities and asking for US$10 million in exchange of not releasing taxpayer data, causing the government to temporarily shut down its servers

The government recently reported that its plan to reduce prison overcrowding has been successful; in the past 4 years, overcrowding has significantly decreased by almost 40%

Rodrigo Chaves has officially won the presidential elections, becoming the republic’s 49th President

The country has ended its state of emergency for Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccination certificate will be no longer be required to enter Costa Rica

In order to aid the sloth population, the local couple Anna Baltodano and Michael Chizkov planted over 200 trees and organised the building of over 100 rope bridges so sloths could safely cross trees in the Puerto Viejo area

The nation’s authorities, concerned about surging migration from Venezuela, have imposed visa requirements for Venezuelan visitors

A sexual assault case against a Danish tourist has caused a wave of feminist protests demanding the government to re-educate their population rather than censor women’s clothing, the latter openly presented so far as contrasting measure