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Rubio Issues Panama Canal Ultimatum as Trump Warns of ‘Powerful’ Response

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the...

El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment

Bitcoin was never used by most Salvadorans, its modern city was never built, and now it will cease to be legal tender in El...

US-Panama Tensions Rise as Rubio Visits Amid Canal Control Dispute

Marco Rubio arrived in the Panamanian capital Saturday on his first foreign trip as U.S. Secretary of State, amid tensions over President Donald Trump's...

Panama Protests Erupt as Rubio Arrives Amid Canal Dispute

Panamanian police on Friday fired tear gas and clashed with protesters angered by Donald Trump's threat to take control of the Panama Canal, ahead...

Trump Effect Drives Bitcoin Growth in Small El Salvador Town

Bitcoin enthusiasts seeking to turn a mountain town in El Salvador into a cryptocurrency haven hope that US President Donald Trump's return to the...

Nicaragua Reforms Create Revolutionary Socialist State Under Ortega

Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo have consolidated their absolute control in Nicaragua: as president and "co-president" they will control all state powers...
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Nicaragua Launches Fierce Attack on Vatican Leadership

The Nicaraguan government on Sunday labeled the Vatican as "depraved" and "pedophilic" while lashing out against statements made by Bishop Rolando Álvarez, whom they...

Explore Costa Rica’s Horizontes on a Guided Wildlife Tour

I got to know Horizontes, more specifically Estación Experimental Forestal Horizontes, by accident. I had a contract to place camera traps on a few...

Rare Flesh-Footed Shearwater Found for the First Time in Costa Rica

In an exciting scientific breakthrough, a team of researchers from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) recorded the presence of the Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna...