Costa Rica

  • Jan 9, 2018
  • 6 min read

Polls leave room for late election surge in Costa Rica

With less than a month until the elections, large swathes of the population are undecided on how to vote

Costa Rica
  • Jan 2, 2018
  • 2 min read

Corruption to dominate election campaigning in 2018

Corruption will bring down some political figures, but will provide others with their routes to victory

Latin America
  • Nov 1, 2017
  • 6 min read

Costa Rica scandal cements election corruption impact

A cement scandal has seen corruption become a major concern in a country that hitherto thought relatively little of it

Costa Rica
  • Sep 1, 2017
  • 7 min read

Fiscal woes to dominate Costa Rica election campaign

A stalemate in Congress has crippled the president’s plans for the country, and may sink his party’s re-election hopes

Costa Rica
  • Jul 21, 2017
  • 7 min read

Drugs drive rising murder rate in Costa Rica

The lucrative local drug trade is driving a spike in murders, which looks set to rise further

Costa Rica
  • Jul 5, 2017
  • 7 min read

Election exacerbates Costa Rica infrastructure issues

The Solis government looks set to leave a mixed legacy of improved infrastructure, unfinished projects and debt

Costa Rica
  • Jul 5, 2017
  • 2 min read

Sea disputes to drive Costa Rica-Nicaragua tensions

Decades-old Central American territorial disputes appear to be coming to a head at The Hague

Costa Rica
  • Jun 30, 2017
  • 7 min read

Refugee surge creates Belize security fears

Belize is toughening its approach to refugees amid fears of a potential increase in gang activity

Belize