The brother of Guatemala's former Vice President Roxana Baldetti and 12 others were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fraud involving contracting an Israeli company to clean up a polluted lake, police said.
Costa Rica's president says a tender is already underway for a private-aviation upgrade at the Quepos airfield near Manuel Antonio, with a new passenger terminal to follow.
Three Limón fishermen missing since Sept. 21 were found alive off Panama's Caribbean coast after their boat's engine failed and a cellphone call to 911 led rescuers to them.
Costa Rica increased international tourism advertising spending by 223% between 2022 and 2025, but government auditors found insufficient evidence that the additional spending significantly increased visitor arrivals.
