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Climate Change Could Push Young Latin Americans into Poverty

Tico Times - August 28, 2025

Crime

Costa Rica Unveils Plans for Maximum-Security Prison

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Costa Rica Reviews Concession to Modernize Route 32 Highway

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Spectral Bats Caught on Camera Hugging and Sharing Meals

Guatemala

Guatemala Frees Hostages After Prison Gang Riots

AFP -

Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to...

El Salvador

El Salvador Fires School Leaders After Bukele Shares Gang Video

AFP -

The Minister of Education ordered the dismissal of the director and deputy director of a public institute shown in a video shared by President...

Crime

Former Costa Rican President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Faces Trial

Tico Times -

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who served as Costa Rica’s president from 1998 to 2002, returned to court on today, to face charges in the so-called...

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San Jose Airport Achieves Top 5 Global Ranking in Passenger Experience

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Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica's main gateway managed by AERIS, has earned the prestigious Level 5 Customer Experience certification from...

Expat Living

An Expat’s Life with a Rescue Dog in Costa Rica

Don Mateo -

For the past 15 months I have been the primary caretaker of a bona fide street dog, a barrio zaguate called Dorothy. My wife...

Crime

Major Cocaine Seizure in Costa Rica’s South Highlights Ongoing Cartel Fight

Tico Times -

Costa Rican police pulled off a big win against drug traffickers this Sunday, seizing over a ton of cocaine hidden in a tourism minibus...

Environment and Wildlife

In Costa Rica, Rare White-Lipped Peccaries Still Survive

Vincent Losasso -

Today we meet the white-lipped peccary, a large animal that travels in large groups that has disappeared from a large part of its historical...

News

Costa Rica National Parks to Measure Tourism Impact

Tico Times -

Costa Rica will now be able to measure the impact of tourism in its national parks, thanks to innovative environmental technology from The NeverRest...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Role in US Deportation Drama with Salvadoran Migrant

Tico Times -

A Salvadoran man at the center of a heated US immigration battle could end up in Costa Rica if he accepts a guilty plea,...

Guatemala

Guatemala Prisons Erupt in Violence With Guards and Workers Taken Hostage

Tico Times -

Gang members rioted this Friday in two prisons in Guatemala and took several guards and civilian employees hostage, a week after uprisings in which...