Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Five officials from Costa Rica's child welfare agency were arrested on charges they were involved in ...

OECD data shows child poverty ranges from 4.6% in Finland to 29.6% in Costa Rica, with the US at 21.1% ...

MEXICO CITY — A group of human rights lawyers is suing Costa Rica, alleging the Central American nation violated the rights of dozens of migrant children by detaining them in a rural camp for nearly ...

A group of lawyers filed a suit Thursday against Costa Rica, claiming that it has violated the rights of dozens of minors deported from the United States by detaining them for nearly two months and by ...

A shelter in San José, Costa Rica, that cares for dozens of migrant children transiting through the country is in danger of closing due to lack of funding. The shelter, run by Fundación Lloverá, has a ...

Costa Rica faces a lawsuit before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, accused of violating the rights of 81 migrant children deported from the United States in February 2025. The ...

Costa Rica has continued to vaccinate its children against coronavirus despite strong opposition from parents as well as social activists. As of 20 February 2022, nearly 145,000 children, almost a ...

FILE - A plane carrying migrants from Central Asia and India, deported from the United States, arrives at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose ...