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For First Time, Costa Rica Votes Against UN Call to End US Embargo on Cuba

Costa Rica voted against the annual United Nations resolution calling on the United States to lift its economic embargo on Cuba, the first time...

Costa Rica Reaffirms Cuba Split After Havana Denies Being Notified

Costa Rica's foreign minister spent the weekend defending a diplomatic split with Cuba that Havana says it was never formally told about, and by...

Rural Cuba Still Struggles After Last Year’s Hurricane as U.S. Aid Arrives

On a modified bicycle that serves as a wheelchair, Teodardo Debardet returns home after receiving a humanitarian aid package sent by the United States...

U.S. Calls Cuba’s New Economic Reforms Superficial Smoke Signals

The U.S. State Department on Friday dismissed Cuba’s newly approved economic overhaul as cosmetic, casting doubt on whether Havana’s biggest opening toward market-style reforms...

Cuba Weighs Major Economic Reforms After Raúl Castro Gives Approval

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro gave his approval Wednesday to a package of economic reforms debated by top representatives of the Communist Party, Cuba’s...

Cuba’s Tourism Industry Is Collapsing in Real Time

Cuba’s tourism industry is facing one of its sharpest collapses in decades, with visitor numbers plunging, major hotel brands pulling back, airlines cutting service...

Raúl Castro Indicted in U.S. Over Deaths of Four Cuban Exiles

The United States on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two small aircraft, marking the first time a...

US Plans to Indict Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

The US Justice Department is preparing to seek a federal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, according to multiple officials familiar with the...

Cuba and the United States Held Talks Recently in Havana

Despite ongoing tensions, Cuba and the United States are continuing their discussions and recently held high level diplomatic talks in Havana, a Cuban Foreign...

Canadian Operators Halt Cuba Packages From June to October 2026

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

Cuba Accuses US of Extorting Latin American Countries

Cuba accused the United States on Thursday of extorting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to cancel medical cooperation agreements with Havana in...

Cuba Frees 2,010 Prisoners as Trump Pressure and US Talks Intensify

The Cuban government announced Thursday the early release of 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture במסגרת Holy Week, the second prisoner release announced in...

FBI Sends Team to Cuba to Investigate Deadly Boat Incident Linked to Florida

An FBI delegation is in Cuba to take part in the investigation into the incident involving an armed boat from Florida and Cuban coast...

Cuba Aid Sailboats Arrive in Havana After Disappearance at Sea

The two sailboats transporting humanitarian aid to Cuba arrived in Havana yesterday after a long journey from Mexico during which they disappeared and were...
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How Living in Costa Rica Changed the Way I See the World

When speaking of the 1980s and 90s, I like to refer to it as the previous century. “In the previous century, we didn’t have...

Costa Rica Heads to Ecuador and Argentina Without Keylor Navas

Bryan Ruiz will take Costa Rica into its toughest test of the year without Keylor Navas. The veteran goalkeeper was left out of the...

Two Bull Sharks Found Dead in a Guanacaste Estuary They Had Never Been Known to Enter

Two bull sharks, rays and fish were found dead in a sand-blocked estuary at Playa Langosta near Tamarindo. Environmental authorities are investigating the cause.

French Woman Found Shot Dead Inside Her Guanacaste Home

A 64-year-old French woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside her home in Cabo Velas, Santa Cruz, on Friday...