Costa Rica

Costa Rica drops bid to join Pacific trade pact, sacks trade minister

Costa Rica's President Laura Fernandez attends a press conference at the Presidential House in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Shackled, shaved and in uniform: first inmates arrive at Costa Rica mega-prison

Inmates sit on the floor with their hands on their heads inside a cell following their transfer to the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), a new maximum-security prison built in cooperation with the government of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, in Alajuela, Costa Rica, in this handout image distributed on October 27, 2026. Ministerio de Justicia y Paz/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Costa Rica AG says new joint DEA ops will target politicians, businessmen

Costa Rica Attorney General Carlo Diaz speaks during an interview with Reuters in San Jose, Costa Rica, October 22, 2026. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

Costa Rica appoint former captain Ruiz as head coach

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Costa Rica Press Conference - Main Media Center, Doha, Qatar - November 22, 2022 Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz during the press conference REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

Grynspan holds lead for next UN chief as race enters decisive stage

Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, candidate for the position of United Nations secretary-general, poses for a portrait at the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York City, US, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Rebeca Grynspan, frontrunner to be next UN chief, says world body has ‘become too risk-averse’

Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis called for a more proactive UN after the 193-member body was largely sidelined in wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Costa Rica opens mega-prison as organized crime fight intensifies

Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez speaks during the inauguration of the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), a new maximum-security prison built with the cooperation of the government of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, in Alajuela, Costa Rica, October 14, 2026. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

Costa Rica joins digital trade agreement founded by Singapore, New Zealand and Chile

(From left) Then South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo, Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister Indiana Trejos, New Zealand Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong and Chile’s Undersecretary for International Economic Relations Paula Estevez during the presentation of Costa Rica’s Instrument of Accession in Auckland.

Costa Rican man, 119, seeks recognition as world’s oldest person

Costa Rica’s Jose Flores - seen here with his granddaughter, Hellen Flores - lives in Sardinal, a hot town on the Nicoya Peninsula - one of the world’s five regions commonly known as Blue Zones, where people tend to live longer and healthier lives and are more likely to reach the age of 100.

Costa Rica president says US ground forces would help national security

Costa Rica's President Laura Fernandez speaks during an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

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