2026 in Costa Rica

• List of Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• 13 January – The Intelligence and National Security Directorate announces the discovery of a plot to assassinate president Rodrigo Chaves Robles.^[1]
• 22 January – The United States imposes sanctions on 10 Costa Rican individuals and entities for being part of a transnational crime network transporting cocaine from Colombia into the US.^[2]

• 1 February – 2026 Costa Rican general election: Laura Fernández Delgado is elected president with 48.3% of the vote.^[3]

• 18 March – Costa Rica breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba and closes its embassy in Havana.^[4]
• 20 March –
  • Former Supreme Court justice Celso Gamboa and suspected drug trafficker Edwin Lopez Vega aka "Pecho de Rata" are extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking and conspiracy charges.^[5]
  • Two people are killed in a US airstrike on a suspected drug boat off the Pacific coast of Costa Riza.^[6]

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 2 April – Maundy Thursday
• 3 April – Good Friday
• 11 April – Juan Santamaría
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 25 July – Guanacaste Day
• 2 August – Lady of the Angels Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day, Mother's Day
• 6 September – Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture
• 15 September – Independence Day
• 1 December – Army Abolition Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day