A tidal wave of humanity is sweeping over the idyllic rainforests and famous surf beaches of Costa Rica, one that has no end in sight.
The Central American nation of barely 5 million people has reached a tipping point amidst columns of migrants heading north from Panama and the Darien Gap toward the United States. 
The country is also experiencing a surge of Nicaraguans entering illegally along its northern frontier, many of whom seek to escape the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Daniel Ortega.
It’s a migration tsunami that has left Costa Rican locals and officials desperate for solutions.
In May, during an official visit to Vienna, Austria, Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre Tinoco told reporters, “We could well process 250 to 400 migrants a day from south to north, but not—as happened last September and October—4,000 a day.”…