Costa Rica hoisted the gay pride flag at the presidential palace on Friday in a landmark act of solidarity with the gay, lesbian and transgender community in the Americas. New President Luis ...

Youtube Account of Costa Rica's Presidency Back Online After Cyber Attack SAN JOSE (Reuters) -The official YouTube account of Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves came back under government ...

Tiny Costa Rica has only 0.03 percent of the world's geographic area, yet contains 6 percent of the world's biodiversity. The lush Central American country was the ideal setting for a new three-week ...

A police operation in Costa Rica resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between Ecuador and the U.S.

Costa Rica had been proudly free of the measles for five years. But all that changed this week thanks to a five-year-old boy and his parents from France who went to the Central American country on ...

Costa Rica’s Supreme Court stated it's no longer obligatory to place the paternal surname before the maternal surname on a person’s identification, citing the custom was based on "patriarchal ...

Former Nicaraguan military commander Eden Pastora is blaming Google Maps for ordering his army to invade a portion of Costa Rica, according to Search Engine Land.The troops set up camp, took down ...

Four Americans killed in Costa Rica white water rafting trip intended to be friend's bachelor party. The weekend turned into "a living nightmare," said a survivor who had planned to toast his ...