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Salvadoran Newspaper Says Bukele Froze Partners’ Assets After Documentary

The influential digital newspaper El Faro denounced on Thursday that the government of Nayib Bukele froze assets belonging to its partners in retaliation for...

What Is the Scope of the Mega-Trial Against MS-13 Leaders in El Salvador?

Shackled hand and foot, visibly aged, the MS-13 leaders on trial in El Salvador are now only a shadow of the violent gang members...

El Salvador Advances Geothermal Expansion with World Bank Support

Geothermal energy supplies about 21 percent of El Salvador’s net electricity, placing the country among the world’s leaders in its use of this renewable...

Panama–US tensions escalate over Chinese investment, visa threats

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino accused the U.S. Embassy of threatening to revoke visas of officials and business figures with ties to Chinese companies....

Nayib Bukele Opens 70 More Schools in El Salvador Education Push

El Salvador’s government inaugurated 70 renovated public schools on Sunday as the third batch under President Nayib Bukele’s Dos Escuelas por Día program. The...

Salvadorans Protest Bukele’s Policies in May Day March

Thousands of Salvadorans marched through the capital on May 1 to denounce what they called democratic setbacks under President Nayib Bukele and to demand...

UN Experts Request Proof of Life for Indigenous Leader Imprisoned in Nicaragua

A group of UN experts on Friday called on the Nicaraguan government, led by husband-and-wife co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, to provide proof...

Panama’s Copa Airline Plans Major Growth with New Boeing Aircraft Order

Panamanian airline Copa Airlines has announced an agreement for up to 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a deal valued at about $13.5 billion at...

Nicaragua Announces Mother’s Day Prisoner Release and Visa Update

Vice President Rosario Murillo announced the measure during her daily midday address yesterday. The prisoners, who have firm sentences, will move from penitentiary centers...

Panama Canal Rules Out Price Speculation Over Hormuz Blockade

Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez told foreign journalists that the waterway is not speculating on transit prices despite a surge in demand caused by...
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Costa Rica May Move Public Holidays to Mondays Again

Costa Rica’s National Chamber of Tourism is backing a new legislative proposal that would bring back long weekends by moving five public holidays to...

Costa Rica Moves to Jail Illegal Miners for a Decade as Gold Crisis Deepens

Costa Rica’s incoming National Assembly faces an urgent piece of legislation this week that reflects just how badly illegal gold mining has spiraled out...

How Expats Survive Costa Rica Heat Without Air Conditioning

Summer won’t go away. The afternoon clouds and cooling rains have been few. We are a third of the way through May, and Green...

Costa Rica Film Highlights Osa Community Protecting Pumas and Tapirs

A new documentary is drawing attention to a rare conservation story on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, where a rural community near Corcovado National Park...