Sources: The Tico Times
Colombian bank Davivienda and Canadian bank Scotiabank announces a merger where Davivienda will absorb Scotiabank's operations in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama, and, Scotiabank will acquire 20% of Davidienda's stakes. 2025-01-6
Costa Rica reports a record 1,830 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 238,760. 2021-04-24
Costa Rica reopens for traveling for Americans in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont. 2020-08-20
Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage. 2020-05-26
Kellogg's issues a voluntary recall of Honey Smacks amid fears of salmonella contamination, with affected areas including the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, and some parts of French Polynesia. 2018-06-15
In Nicaragua, flooding from Tropical Storm Nate, kills at least fifteen people. In Costa Rica, the storm kills at least seven people with fifteen missing. 2017-10-5
Voters in Costa Rica go to the polls for a general election. 2014-02-2
The United States launches a prosecution against Liberty Reserve, based in Costa Rica, for money laundering worth $6 billion. 2013-05-28
A high-ranking drug boss in the Mexican criminal group known as Gulf Cartel is apprehended in the country of Costa Rica. 2012-07-5
The Costa Rican embassy's trade attache in Caracas, Venezuela is kidnapped. 2012-04-10