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Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado, who supported same-sex marriage during his candidacy and marched during the 2019 pride parade in San José, shared a lengthy message of support for marriage equality.

Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will be able to marry as of May 26, when a judicial provision that authorizes these marriages will enter into force. 

Tourism could benefit by as much as $40 million a year, as same-sex couples flock to Costa Rica to marry

Before you plan your next tropical getaway, check out these top ways the LGBT chamber of commerce and Marriott will ensure you’ll always feel like a beloved member of the family in Costa Rica.

A former evangelical preacher has seized on the issue of gay rights to gain a lead in the presidential race in Costa Rica, upending politics in a country that has long been exceptional for its stability in a tumultuous region.

Marco Castillo and his boyfriend, Rodrigo Campos, waited just a few hours to take advantage of a new law in Costa Rica that made the country the first in Central America to allow same-sex marriage.

Costa Rica is set to become the first country in Central America to approve gay marriage

More than 30 groups have joined a campaign that seeks to bolster support for marriage rights for same-sex couples in Costa Rica.

How a clerical error led to the first legal gay marriage in Costa Rica

The center-left's Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica's presidential runoff election on Sunday by promising to allow gay marriage, protecting the country's reputation for tolerance.

Many religious Costa Ricans were incensed by a ruling this month in favor of gay marriage, which the government said it would implement.