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1,636 signals for Political · CR

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR26d ago

Costa Rica's government disclosed receipt of an intelligence report describing an alleged plan to assassinate President Laura Fernández, with officials indicating the plot was being coordinated from a maximum-security prison by leaders of the drug-trafficking organization Los Lara.

6.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·San Jose, San José

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR61d ago

United States made demands of Texas in Costa Rica [3 sources]

6.5/10·GDELT Events Historical·Ipís

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR61d ago

Judicial Branch criticized Costa Rica in Costa Rica [4 sources]

5.8/10·GDELT Events Historical·Ipís

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇴Colombia 🇨🇷CR 🇴🇲Oman42d ago

In the apartment of Claudia López and Angélica Lozano - as a couple since 2012, married on December 16, 2019 - the spaces of each one are distinguished: "Everything shines, it is evident what her desk is, because mine is a mess," the senator tells EL COLOMBIANO. He answers the call eagerly, but manages to accurately describe the woman with whom he shares life. He talks about how Claudia seeks to make up for the hustle and bustle of public life - and a presidential campaign - with routines that allow you to disconnect.

5.7/10·El Colombiano (Medellín)

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PoliticalCrisis🇸🇻El Salvador 🇨🇷CR54d ago

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has ordered the intervention of personal assets belonging to shareholders of El Faro, the prominent independent digital newspaper that relocated its legal structure to Costa Rica in 2023. The outlet is describing the move as the latest in a series of government actions aimed at silencing critical journalism.

5.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·San Salvador, San Salvador

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR54d ago

Costa Rica's incoming president Laura Fernández, scheduled to take office on May 8, announced her cabinet on Tuesday with a controversial appointment: outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves Robles will serve as a cabinet minister. The move represents an unprecedented concentration of power in Costa Rican republican history, allowing the departing president to maintain substantial influence over government operations.

5.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·San Jose, San José

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR58d ago

Thousands of Salvadorans marched through the capital on May 1 to denounce what they called democratic setbacks under President Nayib Bukele and to demand the release of people they described as innocent who were detained in the government’s crackdown on gangs. The demonstration marked International Workers’ Day and highlighted persistent criticism of a state of […] The post Salvadorans Protest Bukele’s Policies in May Day March appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

5.1/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR 🇳🇮Nicaragua 🇨🇳China11d ago

Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández warned on Friday of an impending "invasion" of illegal miners from Nicaragua, attributing the threat to mining concessions that Nicaragua has granted to Chinese companies near their shared border.

4.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·null, null

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR11d ago

President Laura Fernández was hastily evacuated from the Crucitas mining area on Friday morning after a loud blast disrupted her official visit to inspect illegal gold mining damage. The incident occurred around 8:10 a.m. while the president was touring the site with lawmakers.

4.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Crucitas, Limón

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR53d ago

Laura Fernández took office as Costa Rica's president on a platform prioritizing crime reduction, including plans for a mega-prison modeled on Nayib Bukele's incarceration approach in El Salvador. The policy reflects a hardline stance on organized crime and gang violence in the country.

4.5/10·La Prensa Libre (Guatemala — Spanish, expanded)·San Jose, San José

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PoliticalUpdate🇵🇦Panama 🇨🇷CR46d ago

Panama’s government has signaled willingness to discuss its long-running restrictions on Costa Rican beef, dairy, poultry, fruits and vegetables, but cattle producers immediately drew a firm line against any imports. Minister of Commerce and Industries Julio Moltó said this week that President José Raúl Mulino’s administration is prepared to hold talks with Costa Rica’s new […] The post Panama Open to Talks With Costa Rica on Meat and Dairy Ban appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

4.3/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Panama

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR53d ago

Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández announced on May 8, 2026 a decree eliminating 'prison benefits' that reduce sentences for incarcerated individuals, fulfilling a campaign promise for a hardline approach to criminal justice policy.

4.0/10·Confidencial Nicaragua

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR33d ago

The judge rejected processing the case through the ordinary procedure and ordered new proceedings before the Public Prosecutor's Office files charges. The student's defense announced a complaint against officers for the facts that occurred during his detention. The post UNA student detained for protesting against electrical harmonization project; case will proceed on grounds of apparent flagrante delicto appears first on Semanario Universidad.

3.9/10·Semanario Universidad (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR11d ago

Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) y el Ministerio de Seguridad Pública (MSP) conocían de la posibilidad de posibles acciones en contra de la comitiva de Gobierno y la presidenta de la República, Laura Fernández, durante su gira en Crucitas, en Cutris de San Carlos. El Organismo de Investigación Judicial advirtió desde el pasado jueves.

3.7/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR12d ago

Costa Rica as thrown out a contested building rule at the center of a court fight over development in the Gulf of Papagayo. The rule had let developers combine their construction rights across separate plots of land. Executive Decree 45823-MP, signed by President Fernández and Minister of the Presidency Rodrigo Chaves Robles, was published Tuesday […] The post Costa Rica Ends Papagayo Building-Rights Transfer Rule appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.7/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR14d ago

Costa Rica’s government has sent a first package of six security bills to the Legislative Assembly, opening a push to change self-defense rules for police, toughen criminal penalties, restrict prison benefits and impose new rules on inmates. President Laura Fernández presented the proposals yesterday during extraordinary sessions, a period in which the Executive Branch controls […] The post Costa Rica Proposes New Criminal Penalties and Prison Benefit Limits appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.7/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR33d ago

The signatories of the document express their concern about statements from political figures of the previous and current governments that have spoken of 'taking over' the Judicial Branch and urge citizens to defend republican institutions in the face of what they consider signs of institutional weakening and concentration of power.

3.7/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇺🇸United States 🇬🇪Georgia 🇨🇷CR33d ago

Two of the most prominent Republican critics of President Donald Trump have turned up on a Costa Rican beach, days after political setbacks pushed both out of the spotlight in Washington. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, his wife Carolyn Grace Moffa, former Rep.

3.7/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Washington, District of Columbia

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR33d ago

President Laura Fernández lashed out at lawmakers opposing the National Electricity System Harmonization Bill, calling them a “bunch of communists” and accusing them of “spreading misinformation” about the initiative’s consequences. According to the president, the bill is necessary to strengthen the country’s electricity generation capacity, attract foreign investment, and respond to rising energy demand. “You […] The post Costa Rica President Labels Opponents Communists as Government Pulls Energy Bill appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.7/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR33d ago

President Laura Fernández signed, together with Minister Rodrigo Chaves, a decree to officially call off the electrical reform.

3.7/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR34d ago

The PLN celebrated the cancellation of the electrical harmonization project after Laura Fernández accused the green and white caucus of rejecting the initiative in order not to give a political victory to the Government.

3.7/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR34d ago

The president said that Rodrigo Chaves, minister of the Presidency, is preparing the text to present it to the Legislative Assembly.

3.7/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR43d ago

La toma de posesión de Laura Fernández en Costa Rica inaugura una inédita configuración del poder en el país centroamericano, con la permanencia del presidente saliente, Rodrigo Chaves, en la primera línea del Ejecutivo, asumiendo simultáneamente los ministerios de la Presidencia y de Hacienda. El politólogo costarricense Daniel Calvo Sánchez analiza este fenómeno sin precedentes […] La entrada Rodrigo Chaves es “el poder real” en Costa Rica, afirma politólogo costarricense se publicó primero en Confidencial .

3.7/10·Confidencial Nicaragua

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PoliticalUpdate🇨🇷CR46d ago

On the Costa Rican Farmer's Day, the president presented herself as an ally of the sector that denounced adverse actions during the government of Rodrigo Chaves. The entry In the first public activity, Fernández promises to boost agriculture and admits challenges due to climate change appears first in Semanario Universidad .

3.7/10·Semanario Universidad (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalUpdate🇸🇻El Salvador 🇨🇷CR47d ago

U.S. authorities deported 5,033 Salvadorans between January and March 2026. That total represents a nearly 98 percent jump from the 2,547 recorded in the same period of 2025.

3.7/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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