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Panama’s River Cleanup Robot Saves Mangroves from Trash

A giant hydraulic machine named Wanda has prevented hundreds of tons of garbage from ending up polluting the mangroves near Panama's capital. All kinds...

Locust Plague Threatens Crops in Mexico and Central America

The International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA), based in San Salvador, issued an alert on Wednesday regarding a locust infestation affecting...

NGO urges protection for family of murdered Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez

A Honduran organization demanded protection on Wednesday for the family and colleagues of environmentalist Juan López, who was murdered on September 14. The 46-year-old...

Save the Children Denies Child Trafficking Allegations in Guatemala

The NGO Save the Children denied being involved in the trafficking of migrant children in Guatemala, a day after the prosecutor's office raided five...

Honduras’ La Tolva Prison Inmates Request Work as Peace Returns

Fights between inmates from different gangs were common at La Tolva prison in Honduras. Now that the government has acted and managed to establish...

Journalists Flee Nicaragua as Ortega’s Repression Escalates

At least 278 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua over the past six years to escape persecution by Daniel Ortega’s government, according to...
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Costa Rica’s Liquid Trees: A New Approach to Climate Action

Under the banner of tackling climate change and reducing pollution, students from the Natural Resources Management program (MARENA) at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia...

Protecting Costa Rica’s Biodiversity Amid Growing Tourism Demands

Costa Rica’s main attraction lies in the opportunity to immerse oneself in nature and witness biodiversity in all its splendor. National parks, biological corridors,...

COP16 Summit in Colombia Urges Action to Protect Global Biodiversity

The COP16, the largest United Nations summit for the protection of nature, concluded its first day on Monday in Colombia with urgent calls to...