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Ellis Island in reverse: Where deportees go when they get home to Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY — On the edge of the airport here is a one-story structure, the first stop for tens of thousands of migrants sent back from the United States. It's like a reverse Ellis Island.

Google tests drones for deliveries

Google is taking its rivalry against Amazon.com to the skies.

Cops seize an arsenal in Heredia and arrest a Tico linked to the Sinaloa Cartel in Colombia

Costa Rican cops seized grenades and an RPG7 from an Heredia home near a high school on Friday.

Immigration Administration’s $100 fine for expired visas does not affect tourists, agency says

Costa Rica's Immigration Administration will begin enforcing a $100 fine at the country's borders on Monday for those who overstayed temporary residency visas. Tourism visas are not affected.

US drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: as a recovering alcoholic

It is a job that has previously been held by law enforcement officials, a military general and physicians. But for now, it is occupied by a recovering addict.

Nicaragua starts survey on $40 billion canal; some residents worried about evictions

A Chinese firm hired to dig a canal across Nicaragua linking the Caribbean and the Pacific said Thursday it has begun assessing property. The firm is analyzing land that will have to expropriated and people who will be displaced.

Orthodox Jewish community leaves Guatemalan village after clashing with Mayan population

A community of 230 Orthodox Jews from several countries Thursday began leaving the Guatemalan indigenous village where they lived for six years after claims and counterclaims of discrimination and threats.

New Saturday afternoon organic market to open in Zapote

Love organic produce, but don't love getting up at the crack of dawn every weekend to go to the market? San José organic food lovers can add a new afternoon produce fair to their list starting in September, as the Feria Orgánica El Trueque expands into the southeastern San José neighborhood of Zapote.

More than 20 companies bid to supply legal pot in Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – A total of 22 companies have submitted bids to supply marijuana under a law making Uruguay the first country to legalize production, sale and distribution of the drug, the government said Thursday.

Costa Rica-based US relief workers join efforts in West Africa to combat Ebola

Tim Callaghan and Phil Gelman were both involved in relief efforts in one of the most high-profile, horrific disasters in the Western Hemisphere in the last five years: the Haiti earthquake and cholera outbreak in 2010.

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