We just watched the National Liberation Party (PLN) convention unfold. Much was made of the “pure liberacionista vote” from true members of Costa Rica’s largest political organization, as opposed to ...

Electoral officials in Costa Rica say the governing party's candidate has won a presidential runoff election in which same-sex marriage was a big issue. Carlos Alvarado of the ruling Citizen Action ...

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The Social Christian Unity Party’s (PUSC) poll numbers are stinging from Dr. Rodolfo Hernández’s flip-flop resignation earlier this month, while the race for second place behind National Liberation ...

Costa Rica has held the first in a series of presidential elections this year in countries comprising two-thirds of the Latin American population. Votes are scheduled in Cuba, Paraguay, Venezuela, ...

Carlos Alvarado, a novelist and former labor minister, won Sunday's presidential runoff election in Costa Rica, easily beating evangelical Christian pastor and singer Fabricio Alvarado to keep the ...

Four American tourists and a Costa Rican guide were killed in a weekend rafting accident in the Central American country, authorities said Sunday. The men from Miami have been identified as Ernesto ...

SAN JOSE, Costa RicaSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica’s Citizens’ Action Party broke 60 years of bipartisan rule in 2014, but after two terms in power it was practically erased from the country’s ...

Costa Rica's Citizens' Action Party broke 60 years of bipartisan rule in 2014, but after two terms in power it was practically erased from the country's political map in national elections. Outgoing ...