Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado welcomed the country's Supreme Court ruling August 8 that declared a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Supreme Court Judge Fernando Castillo gave Costa ...

Costa Rica is poised to become the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage. On November 14, Costa Rica's constitutional court formally ordered the country's lawmakers to extend ...

Ten Costa Ricans have turned in more than 130,000 signatures of registered voters requesting a popular referendum on a bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly to legalize same-sex marriage. The ...

Costa Rica's first woman president, elected in a landslide Feb. 7, supports gay civil rights but doesn't want gays "to touch an institution like marriage." Speaking to media during the campaign, Laura ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica ...