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Panama Named the World’s Best Country for Expats for a Third Straight Year

Panama has been ranked the best country in the world for people living abroad for the third consecutive year, according to the Expat Insider...

Nicaragua to Brief Diplomats on Controversial Electoral Reform

Nicaragua’s government will brief foreign diplomats on a proposed reform aimed at excluding opposition parties from elections, co-president Rosario Murillo said Friday, following criticism...

Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species

Scientists in Ecuador announced Thursday that they had genetically identified 8,000 new insect species in a protected forest in the Ecuadorian Chocó Andino, a...

US Condemns Ortega’s Move to End Elections in Nicaragua

The United States warned Tuesday that it would not stand “idly by” after President Daniel Ortega announced that Nicaragua would no longer hold elections,...

Archaeologists Exhume Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Remains Near San Salvador

Archaeologists exhumed human remains estimated to be nearly 3,000 years old on the outskirts of San Salvador, the Ministry of Culture said in a...

Daniel Ortega Says Nicaragua Will Not Hold Elections Again

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power for nearly two decades, ruled out on Sunday any possibility of future elections in the...

Panama Bill Would Require Influencers to Disclose Paid Posts

Panama’s National Assembly is considering a bill that would require social media influencers and content creators to clearly identify when their posts are paid...

Mexico Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Alert with Little Risk to Costa Rica

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico this morning, setting off a tsunami alert for parts of Mexico and...

El Salvador’s Bukele Wins Primary for Third Presidential Term

President Nayib Bukele received the official nomination of his Nuevas Ideas party for the 2027 presidential election, clearing the path for a third consecutive...

Costa Rica Urges Peaceful Transfer of Power in Colombia

Costa Rica has joined the United States and 11 other countries in urging Colombian authorities to guarantee a peaceful, orderly and transparent transfer of...

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...

Migrant Dollars Still Flowing Into Central America Despite New Fee

Remittances to Central America are still climbing in 2026, led by Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, even as a new U.S. tax on some...

Visiting El Salvador During the August Holiday Week

Anyone planning to visit El Salvador in early August should be ready for one of the busiest holiday periods, when San Salvador’s patron saint...
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Costa Rica Bill Would Bar Uber Drivers From Airport Pickups

Land at Juan Santamaría, open your ride app, and under a bill moving through Costa Rica's Congress there would be no legal ride waiting...

Costa Rica’s government and courts collide over prison rules for Diablo

A criminal court judge in Pococí has struck down part of the isolation regime the Justice Ministry imposed on Alejandro Arias Monge, the man...

Costa Rica Wins Its First Surfing Gold Medal in Regional Games History

Costa Rican surfer Rachel Agüero Cabezas won the women's shortboard title at the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic tpday, delivering...

Costa Rica Trains Will Run 27 Hours Straight for the Romería

If you need to move between San José and Cartago this weekend, the train just became the easiest way to do it, and the...