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Country Profile
Costa Rica
🇨🇷
Costa Rica
Americas
/ Central America
San José
5.2M
Capital
San José
GDP (USD)
N/A
Government
N/A
Head of State
N/A
Key Drivers
No key drivers identified.
Recent Intelligence
12
HIGH
SEV 72
·
security
New US push to tighten the drug pipeline—Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic move in sync
Colombia cocaine producer
deadly antidrug campaign
Costa Rica extradites
Ecuador police seize cocaine
ELEVATED
SEV 72
·
economy
Earthquakes in Venezuela and Türkiye: Are emergency systems finally being stress-tested—or exposed?
Venezuela earthquake
death toll nearly 2,300
Galerias Playa Grande
World Central Kitchen
ELEVATED
SEV 68
·
security
Disarmament talks stall in Gaza as Iran presses Hamas—while Israel’s security discipline and regional fears tighten
Iran
Hamas
disarmament offer
Gaza tunnels
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
Venezuela’s quake recovery hits a diplomatic wall: Spain evacuates its embassy as Caracas begs the UN to unfreeze assets
Venezuela
earthquakes
UN sanctions
frozen assets
HIGH
SEV 62
·
security
Costa Rica arrests “El Diablo” — and the US sanctions CJNG raise the stakes for the region’s drug war
Alejandro Arias Monge
El Diablo
Costa Rica arrest
La Teja
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
political
Costa Rica’s new “hardline” president and Hungary’s post-Orbán power shift—what’s next for security and markets?
Laura Fernández
Costa Rica president
war on crime
judicial reform
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
political
Peru’s election hangs in the balance—while global UN leadership races and California politics heat up
Peru election
ONPE
Keiko Fujimori
Pedro Castillo
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
Bird flu on the ice, illegal gold in the Amazon, and a Costa Rica blast—what’s really moving behind the headlines?
H5 bird flu
Australia
Antarctica islands
seal pups
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
World Cup credentials, drug busts, and cartel violence: why the Americas’ security and markets are tightening
World Cup credential
Mexico arrest
Cali cocaine trafficking
drug-related violence
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
economy
Wildfire blame, climate-driven ecosystem shocks: who pays when governments fail?
California goats and sheep
invasive weed
wildfires
First Nations Ontario
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
US immigration and AI court fights collide with cross-border enforcement—what’s next for deportations, ICE, and SEC cases?
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
Nigeria clamps down on stolen crude as Israel’s Lebanon rhetoric and US-Costa Rica deportations raise regional risk
Nigerian Navy
stolen crude
N4 billion
Eli Cohen