Costa Rica news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Costa Rica news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Costa Rica media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Costa Rica's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. Of the 5 titles tracked here, 1 lean left and 4 sit near the centre; Crosswire currently lists no right-leaning outlet in Costa Rica, so for a contrasting perspective it is worth reading one of these beside a title from another country.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (CRHoy and Delfino.cr), 1 business daily (La República), 1 daily newspaper (La Nación (CR)) and 1 tabloid (Diario Extra). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Costa Rica, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Costa Rica sits in Mexico and Central America, on Crosswire's Americas hub. By outlets tracked it is 6th of the 8 countries in Mexico and Central America and 9th of the 35 across the Americas, where the average is 4.7 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Mexico and Central America with hubs of their own are El Salvador (6), Mexico (5), Guatemala (5), Honduras (5), Nicaragua (5), Panama (5) and Belize (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Costa Rica's main news outlets?
Across Costa Rica's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Diario Extra; near the center, La Nación (CR), CRHoy, La República and Delfino.cr. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
La Nación is Costa Rica's leading daily newspaper, based in San José and publishing in Spanish. It covers national politics, economy, society, and investigative journalism for a broad readership and is considered the country's principal press title. It operates print and digital editions.
CRHoy is a Costa Rican digital news outlet publishing in Spanish, focused on breaking news, politics, and current affairs. As one of the country's prominent online publications, it provides continuous national coverage for a general readership. It is a native digital platform without a traditional print edition.
La República is a Costa Rican daily newspaper published in Spanish, with a strong focus on business, finance and economic news. Based in the capital, San José, it serves professionals and a general readership interested in the national economy, markets and corporate affairs across Costa Rica and the wider Central American region.
Delfino.cr is a Costa Rican digital news outlet launched in 2017, known for political coverage and analysis. It won the national Pío Víquez journalism prize in 2019 and offers an optional subscription that does not block the front page.
Diario Extra is a Costa Rican tabloid daily founded in 1978, the country's best-selling print newspaper. Known for crime and sensational coverage, its opinion section carries a wider range of left-leaning voices than most rivals.
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