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U.S. President Trump Announces Major Venezuela Oil Deal

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping oil agreement with Venezuela that he says will expand U.S. reserves, attract billions in private investment and eventually lower gasoline prices.

Costa Rican Animal Rescuers Join Venezuela Earthquake Relief Effort

Four Costa Rican animal rescuers are part of a nine-person disaster response team deployed to northern Venezuela to help dogs, cats and other animals...

How rescuers carried out 180-hour ‘miracle’ amid Venezuela’s ruins

In two decades as a rescuer, Kevin Meyers had never faced an operation as challenging as helping to free a man trapped under 160...

Costa Rica Rescue Team Celebrates Miracle Survival in Venezuela Quake Zone

A Venezuelan security guard found alive by Costa Rican rescuers after last week’s deadly earthquakes has been pulled from the rubble after eight days...

Venezuelan Police Officers Arrested for Stealing After Deadly Earthquakes

Four Venezuelan investigative police officers have been arrested and removed from their posts after allegedly stealing money found among the rubble in La Guaira,...

Costa Rican Rescuers Find Survivor in Venezuela Rubble as Earthquake Toll Climbs

Costa Rican Red Cross rescuers working in Venezuela located a man alive beneath the rubble of a collapsed condominium building Sunday, giving a rare...

Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Tops 160 as Costa Rica Pledges Aid

The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela yesterday climbed to at least 164 by this morning, with nearly 1,000 people injured,...

Powerful Earthquake Topples Buildings in Venezuela

A powerful earthquake struck north-central Venezuela this afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, knocking out power in parts of the city and prompting...

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...

Maduro Son Calls Charges Unlikely to Be Dropped in U.S. Drug Case

Nicolás Maduro’s son said that he trusts the U.S. legal system even as he called the case against his father tainted by what he...

Venezuela Beats USA to Win First World Baseball Classic Title

Venezuela beat the United States 3-2 on Tuesday night to win its first World Baseball Classic title, pulling ahead in the ninth inning after...

US Flag Flies Again at Caracas Embassy After Seven Years

The United States raised its flag over the embassy in Caracas on Saturday for the first time in seven years.U.S. Charge d'Affaires Laura Dogu...

Women march in Venezuela for freedom of female political prisoners on Women’s Day

Under the slogan They Count, hundreds of activists and relatives of female political prisoners marched this Sunday in Caracas as part of International Women’s...

Inside Venezuela’s Bull Tailing Culture in the Llanos

When the bull bolts out into the ring, a mad scramble begins as the riders vie to grab its tail and knock it to...
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Costa Rica’s Laguna Río Cuarto Loses Visitor Services

Laguna Río Cuarto will remain accessible, but the community organization managing the Costa Rica attraction will stop providing visitor services beginning September 28.

Three Missing After Being Swept Away at Tarrazú Waterfall and Guanacaste Beach

Three people remain missing after strong currents swept them away in two separate incidents today, one at a waterfall in the Los Santos region...

Dollar Rebounds From Record Low but Year-End Could Favor the Colón Again

The dollar hit its highest level since June after a record low, but seasonal inflows could push it back down. Here is what banks are paying.

Used-Car Importers Take Costa Rica’s New Vehicle Tax Formula to Court

Costa Rica's used-car importers will challenge in court a Hacienda decree they say doubles or triples import taxes. The ministry cites evasion.