Korean pop culture takes center stage in the capital later this month when the Aula Magna at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) hosts the national final of the 2026 K-POP World Festival on Saturday, May 30. The free, public event is organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Costa Rica in …
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A quiet but painful investigation is forcing Costa Rica to confront a part of its child welfare history that has long gone unexamined. At the center is a growing Nordic reckoning over international adoptions carried out between the 1970s and early 1990s, when hundreds of children left Latin America, Asia and Africa for new lives …
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El Salvador became the first Central American nation this month to undergo an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review by the International Atomic Energy Agency, marking a major step in the country’s early push toward nuclear power. The mission, carried out from May 11 to 18 at the invitation of the Salvadoran government, reviewed whether the country …
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Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ)carried out a sweeping operation against a suspected money-laundering structure tied to narcotics trafficking, raiding homes and businesses in Escazú, Santa Ana, Alajuela, Heredia and Pérez Zeledón. The case, known as Lusso, Italian for “luxury,” left eight people detained and placed millions of dollars in properties, vehicles and business assets …
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A powerful tropical wave swept across Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast overnight into Wednesday, triggering flash flooding, swollen rivers, residential evacuations and road closures across the province of Limón. The event, driven by the third tropical wave of the 2026 season, has put emergency authorities on high alert and left dozens of communities managing significant water …
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Joel Campbell’s future is now one of the main offseason storylines in Costa Rican football. The veteran forward has not announced his next club after Liga Deportiva Alajuelense decided not to renew his contract following the Clausura 2026 tournament. The club confirmed its decision Monday, closing a three-year spell for one of the country’s most …
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The United States on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two small aircraft, marking the first time a senior figure from the communist regime has been accused before the courts of its neighboring enemy. Castro is accused of murder, conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, and destruction of aircraft in …
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Costa Rica’s Central Bank is putting the seventh and final coin in its “Sitios Emblemáticos de Nuestras Provincias” collection on sale today, closing a series that has turned some of our country’s best-known landmarks into collectible ₡25 pieces. The final coin honors San José’s Teatro Nacional, one of Costa Rica’s most recognizable cultural landmarks. The …
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The second Grand Slam of the tennis season opens Sunday at Stade Roland Garros with one of the largest Latin American contingents in recent memory, headlined by a record eleven Argentines in the main draws and reshaped by the late withdrawal of two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. The draw ceremony, held Thursday at the Bois …
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The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) has broken its all-time annual record for exchange-rate stabilization under the managed-float regime in place since 2015, intervening more aggressively in the foreign exchange market than in any full year since the system was adopted. Between February 19 and May 18, the BCCR purchased $774 million on the …
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