MIRAMAR, Panama (AP) — Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them ...

Newcomers to Costa Rica have it much easier today ... the limited English spoken by the locals, the slow internet, the corruption, the local customs, and of most of all, how expensive everything is.

with local gangs establishing ties with Mexican and Colombian cartels as well as European mafias. The impact of drug trafficking is reflected in an alarming increase in violence. Costa Rica recorded a ...

Current local time in Costa_Rica (America/Costa_Rica timezone). Get information about the America/Costa_Rica time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable ...

Since 2010, Costa Rica has enjoyed strong and stable economic growth - 3.8% in 2017. Exports of bananas, coffee, sugar, and beef are the backbone of its commodity exports. Various industrial and ...