A diplomat from the Costa Rican embassy in Venezuela was seized by armed abductors near his home in Caracas Sunday, in the country's latest high-profile kidnapping in recent months. His captors have made a ransom request, officials said.
Costa Rica, Latin America’s third-richest country, disbanded its army over 60 years ago, a matter of much pride to its people. But now it’s feeling vulnerable, due to border tensions with Nicaragua and drug convoys en route to Mexico. Costa Rica needs defence, and the poorly equipped police can no longer guarantee the country’s security.
France toiled to a narrow 2-1 win over Costa Rica in their first World Cup warm-up Wednesday, Marseille's Mathieu Valbuena celebrating his first cap with a late winner.
The French national football team begins Wednesday a series of friendly matches in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They take on lightweight Costa Rica before scheduled matches against Tunisia and China.
Laura Chinchilla, the first woman to hold Costa Rica's top office, was sworn in Saturday. Among her first actions was to suspend open-pit mining projects in the country.
Laura Chinchilla’s opponents have accepted defeat in Costa Rica's presidential election, making the ruling party’s centrist candidate the first woman to hold the nation's top office.
Ruling party centrist Laura Chinchilla is poised to become Costa Rica's first woman president, with opinion polls giving her the 40 percent needed to avoid a second round run-off, as voters head to polls on Sunday.
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A judge has sentenced Rafael Calderon, former president of Costa Rica, to five years in jail for corruption. Calderon is the first former head of state to be tried for corruption in the country.
Costa Rican president and Nobel laureate Oscar Arias says he has tested positive for swine flu, in proof that "the pandemic doesn't discriminate". He is to remain in isolation for seven days.
