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Crime in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a Central American nation that boasts of a noteworthy safety record on crime as compared to its neighbors in the region. [1] It is one of few nations that have abolished their nation's armed forces. Having had a stable past, this country has been successful in developing its economy.
Ohio State University ( BS, MA, PhD) Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles ( Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ˈtʃaβes ˈroβles]; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who has served as the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since May 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the ...
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating allegations made in a Mexican newspaper that the government and drug traffickers had held talks last year in ...
San José ( Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and ...
SAN JOSE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Long a byword for laidback environmental tourism, Costa Rica is now wrestling with a surge in violence so striking that its government is borrowing a page from ...
Jacó and San José are two of Costa Rica's most prominent sex-tourism locations. Money made by prostitutes is enough to keep the majority of Jacó's businesses open during the off season, as it provides a significant economic supplement. Americans are the majority of Costa Rica's sex tourists, composing 80% of the total number of tourists.
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves said on Tuesday that he has ordered officials to declare a state of emergency as the number of migrants passing through the small Central ...
Laura Chinchilla Miranda ( Spanish: [ˈlawɾa tʃinˈtʃiʝa miˈɾanda]; born 28 March 1959 [1]) is a Costa Rican political scientist and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez 's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. [2]