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Crime Concerns in Cartago Raise Questions About Costa Rica Safety

A rise in violence and theft in downtown Cartago is changing the way merchants do business, with some closing earlier, reinforcing storefronts and watching...

Costa Rica to Add Nearly 1500 Hotel Rooms in Major Tourism Expansion

Costa Rica’s hotel market is preparing for another wave of growth, with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute confirming 17 new tourism projects tied mainly...

Costa Rica Advances Bill Requiring Wildlife Crossings on Roads

Costa Rica lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make wildlife crossings a formal requirement in road infrastructure projects, a move aimed at reducing...

PAHO warns of rising measles cases in the Americas

The Americas are experiencing a rise in measles cases, particularly in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, where some communities are not accessing vaccination...

When Costa Rica’s Real Jungle Is the Bureaucracy

When you hear the word jungle spoken in reference to Costa Rica, your first thought likely strays to monkeys swinging through trees, scarlet macaws,...

Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan Makes Her Case to Lead the United Nations

Costa Rica’s push to place Rebeca Grynspan at the head of the United Nations moved into a more public phase this week, as the...

Bukele Compares El Salvador’s Mass Gang Trial to the Nuremberg Trials

El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, on Wednesday compared the collective trial of gang leaders in his country to the historic Nuremberg proceedings against top...

Panama Condemns Iran Seizure of Panamanian Flagged Ship in Strait of Hormuz

Panama’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned Iran’s seizure of the container ship MSC Francesca, which sails under the Panamanian flag, in the Strait of...

Living in Costa Rica Then and Now After 35 Years

I think I need a reset. I like to say that I came to live in Costa Rica in the last century. Makes it...

Remembering the Devastating Costa Rican Earthquake That Reshaped Limon

On April 22, 1991, the province of Limón lived through one of the most terrifying days in its history: the Limón earthquake shook the...
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El Salvador Tourism Hits All-Time High in 2025

El Salvador recorded a historic 4.1 million international visitors in 2025, the highest annual figure the country has ever seen. Ministry of Tourism data...

Latin American elites see journalism as “subversive,” says Guatemalan journalist

Renowned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora considered a “prisoner of conscience” by international organizations, said Friday that Latin America’s political and economic elites view...

Panama Canal Fees Hit $4 Million as Hormuz Tensions Reroute Trade

Shipping companies have paid as much as $4 million in last-minute auction fees to send vessels through the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority...

Cuba Releases Three Panamanian Women Detained Over Subversive Signs

Cuban authorities have ordered the release of three Panamanian women detained since late February on accusations of spreading subversive propaganda against the Cuban government,...