Rodrigo Chaves

Between June 2022 and December 2023, Costa Rica witnessed a dramatic 24% fall in the exchange rate of the dollar against the Costa Rican colón.

In a plot twist worthy of a telenovela, Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has thrown the spotlight onto President Rodrigo Chaves.

ATOME’s arm in Central America, is pioneering the country’s first industrial-scale green ammonia and fertilizer project.

With a crime surge that’s more dramatic than a telenovela twist, the nation is looking to its neighbor, El Salvador, for some hardline inspiration.

The recordings are a Pandora’s box, unveiling discussions about state advertising manipulation and even alleged presidential orders for phone tapping.

The term ‘institutionality’ might sound as complex as a rainforest ecosystem, but it’s essentially about the balance of power in the State’s organs.

President Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica played the national security card, expressing apprehensions about potential espionage linked to the 5G mobile data networks.

Here’s the scoop: Costa Rica is on track to record 900 murders by the end of 2023, shooting up to a homicide rate of 17 per 100,000 inhabitants.