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Farmers Protest Panama Canal Reservoir Plan on Indio River

Tico Times - April 26, 2026

El Salvador

El Salvador Tourism Hits All-Time High in 2025

Guatemala

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

Latin America

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

Panama Takes Custody of Flight 901 Bombing Attack Suspect

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Panama took custody Monday of the main suspect in the 1994 bombing of Alas Chiricanas Flight 901, the deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s...

Ortega says Trump has a mental breakdown over war in the Middle East

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump is suffering from a mental breakdown after launching, alongside Israel, the war in...

Costa Rica Backs Panama in Escalating China Shipping Dispute

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Panama announced yesterday it will sanction a Chinese consortium for alleged breaches on a canal-related infrastructure project as detentions of Panamanian-flagged vessels in Chinese...

Nicaraguan Exiles Demand Justice on Eighth Anniversary of 2018 Protests

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Nicaraguans living in exile in Costa Rica and the United States gathered this weekend to demand justice for victims of the 2018 protests and...

El Salvador Adds New Tools in National Health App to Track and Treat Chronic Conditions

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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced the start of the second phase of Dr. SV, a public health application developed with Google Cloud that...

US Sanctions Sons of Daniel Ortega and Seven Nicaragua Gold Companies

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The United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions the two sons of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo along with seven gold...

Canadian Operators Halt Cuba Packages From June to October 2026

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Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations will suspend all flights and vacation packages to Cuba from June 20 through October 9, 2026. The Sunwing Vacations...

El Salvador Permits Life Sentences Starting at Age 12

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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele signed reforms into law that permit life prison sentences for people convicted of serious crimes starting at age 12. The...

Colombia to Euthanize Hippos to Control Pablo Escobar’s Invasive Herd

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Colombia's government authorized the euthanasia of up to 80 hippos Monday as part of a new plan to curb the invasive population that started...

Cloud Jaguar Spotted in Honduras After 10 Years

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Camera traps have photographed a young male jaguar high in the Sierra del Merendón mountain range in northern Honduras. The images, captured on February...