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El Salvador Festival of Flowers and Palms

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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley

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Drug Trafficking Threatens Costa Rica’s Protected Areas in Puerto Jiménez

Costa Rica Slashes Route 27 Expansion in Half

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has reduced the planned expansion of Route 27 to roughly half its original scope, with works...

Costa Rican Town Gears Up for Its National Strawberry Fair

Vara Blanca will once again put strawberries at the center of local life as the Heredia mountain community prepares to host the 14th edition...

Costa Rica’s Wildlife Is Dying on the Roads That Drive Its Tourism

Costa Rica has built a global reputation as one of the planet's great conservation success stories. A quarter of its territory is protected. It...

NGOs Warn World Cup Visitors About Travel to the U.S.

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More than 120 human rights organizations issued a travel warning, saying visitors to the 2026 FIFA World Cup could face “serious rights violations” because...

Costa Rica Wildlife Draft Raises Alarm Over Illegal Captivity

The possibility of allowing the keeping of certain wild birds, such as macaws, has returned to public debate with the new draft of the...

Farmers Protest Panama Canal Reservoir Plan on Indio River

Hundreds of farmers marched on horseback and on foot through the rural community of Limón in Panama’s Chagres district Saturday to reject plans for...

Costa Rica’s Colón Won’t Weaken — Now Two BCCR Directors Want a Rate Cut

Costa Rica's colón continues to defy gravity against the U.S. dollar, closing yet another week below the ¢460 mark and tightening the squeeze on...

El Salvador Tourism Hits All-Time High in 2025

El Salvador recorded a historic 4.1 million international visitors in 2025, the highest annual figure the country has ever seen. Ministry of Tourism data...

Latin American elites see journalism as “subversive,” says Guatemalan journalist

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Renowned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora considered a “prisoner of conscience” by international organizations, said Friday that Latin America’s political and economic elites view...

Panama Canal Fees Hit $4 Million as Hormuz Tensions Reroute Trade

Shipping companies have paid as much as $4 million in last-minute auction fees to send vessels through the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority...

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El Salvador Festival of Flowers and Palms

In the hills just south of San Salvador, the small colonial town of Panchimalco is preparing once again for one of the most visually...

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An Expats Perspective on Living with Earthquakes in Costa Rica

A friend who lives in New York City was all over social media in the wake of the 4.8 earthquake that hit the east...

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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Costa Rica late Monday night, rattling homes and buildings across the Central Valley and parts of the Pacific region....

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Drug Trafficking Threatens Costa Rica’s Protected Areas in Puerto Jiménez

Drug trafficking is taking a growing toll on ecosystems in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region, where environmental authorities warn that criminal groups are moving...

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