
The U.S. Shadow Over Costa Rica
The abolition of Costa Rica's military 75 years ago has been highly celebrated at home and abroad. Yet the story ...

En medio de la inflación, trabajadores costarricenses enfrentan jornadas más largas y recortes de ho...
Tras años de afianzamiento neoliberal, una propuesta de ley está a punto de erosionar derechos laborales de larga data en ...

Amid Inflation, Costa Rican Workers Face Longer Workdays and Cuts to Overtime
After years of neoliberal entrenchment, a proposed law is poised to erode longstanding labor rights in the private sector, making ...

Nicaraguan Migrants Face Uncertainty in Costa Rica
Close to 200,000 Nicaraguans have sought refugee status in Costa Rica since 2018, testing the nation's capacity to receive them ...

Costa Rica’s Rush to the Right
With second round presidential elections on April 3, the country faces high levels of voter abstention, an increasingly right-wing Congress, ...

Costa Rica: una democracia al borde del abismo
En un contexto de creciente descontento del electorado, los comicios de Costa Rica de 2022 probablemente mantendrán una desigualdad cada ...

Costa Rica: A Democracy on the Brink
With a record number of candidates vying for president amid growing voter dissatisfaction, Costa Rica's 2022 elections will likely uphold ...

Costa Rica’s Covid-19 Response Scapegoats Nicaraguan Migrants
A wave of the coronavirus hitting Costa Rica's agriculture and construction industriesboth heavily reliant on migrant laborhas sparked an uptick ...