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US Sanctions Sons of Daniel Ortega and Seven Nicaragua Gold Companies

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Former Honduras President Thanks Trump For Overturned US Conviction

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said Wednesday that a United States appeals court overturned the 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking that had...

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...

CIDH Urges Nicaragua to Protect Jailed Sandinista Commander

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered Nicaragua to protect the life, personal integrity and health of Bayardo Arce Castaño, a historical Sandinista...

Panama’s Bridge of the Americas Closed After Fuel Truck Blast

One worker died and two firefighters suffered minor burns Monday when a tanker truck exploded at a private fuel terminal beneath the Bridge of...
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Night Closures Set as Costa Rica Begins Demolishing Toll Booths

Costa Rica will begin demolishing the old toll booths on the General Cañas Highway next Monday, April 27, with overnight closures expected to affect...

Brazil’s Joao Fonseca Moves Into Madrid Third Round After Cilic Withdrawal

Brazil’s Joao Fonseca moved into the third round of the Madrid Masters 1000 on Friday without playing a point, after Croatia’s Marin Cilic withdrew...

Costa Rica Receives Third Group of Deportees from the United States

Costa Rica received a third group of people deported from the United States yesterday afternoon, as the country continues carrying out a new migration...

Argentine Thiago Tirante Upsets Tommy Paul to Reach Third Round in Madrid

Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante defeated 15th-seeded American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open....