Costa Rica’s legislature on Monday rejected a second request to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the party faithful dressed in green-and-white blew horns, tossed confetti and waved flags late into the night on Sunday, 54 percent of Costa Ricans went home after the presidential elections ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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, ...