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Brazil Congress Approves Shared Pet Custody for Separating Couples

No more arguments over who gets the dog. The Brazilian Congress has passed a bill that will let separating couples share custody of their...

Nicaragua Rejects United States Claims of Holy Week Celebration Ban

Nicaragua denied Wednesday that it is prohibiting Holy Week celebrations, countering accusations from the United States and opposition voices that public processions have been...

UN Urges El Salvador to Review Life Sentences for Minors

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urged El Salvador to review the life sentences approved for minors who commit murder,...

Panama Canal Traffic Increases Amid Iran War and Hormuz Blockade

The war in the Middle East has prompted more ships to use the Panama Canal, a senior executive for the interoceanic waterway said Monday....

Nicaragua Celebrates Semana Santa with Unique Religious Traditions

Nicaragua is marking Holy Week with a mix of religious devotion, family travel and local customs that give Semana Santa in the country a...

U.S. Monitors Surge in Detentions of Panama-Flagged Ships in Chinese Ports

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is closely monitoring a surge in the detention of Panama-flagged vessels at Chinese ports.Officials link the increase to Panama’s...

Human Rights Watch Urges El Salvador to End Bukele’s State of Emergency

The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to end the state of emergency it has maintained...

Guatemalan Court Halts Construction of Maximum-Security Prison

A Guatemalan appeals court provisionally suspended construction of the El Triunfo maximum-security prison on Saturday, one day after President Bernardo Arévalo laid the first...

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...

Venezuela’s Maduro Breaks Silence From Brooklyn Prison After US Arrest

Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro said he is doing well in a message published Saturday on social media, the first since he was captured...
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Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce to Host International Sport Fishing Tournament

Golfo Dulce is gearing up to host the Battle of the Bay, a sport fishing tournament set to take place from May 8 to...

Costa Rica Police Continue Probe Into Disappearance of Nicaraguan Mother

Costa Rica is continuing to investigate the disappearance of a foreign woman in Santa Ana, a case that has drawn wider attention after new...

The Cologne Scent Scientists Use to Photograph Jaguars in Costa Rica

Civetone is a powerful macrocyclic ketone and the primary odoriferous constituent of natural civet. Known for its warm, intensely animalic, and powdery-musky scent, it...

Panama Could Be the Next Costa Rica 2014 Says Dely Valdés

Panamanian soccer legend Julio César Dely Valdés believes his country’s national team can be a breakout story at the 2026 World Cup. His title...