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Nationwide Power Outage Hits Panama After Generator Failure

Panama plunged into darkness late Saturday night when a nationwide blackout hit following an explosion and subsequent fire at the La Chorrera Thermoelectric Power...

Panama Allows First Quantum to Export Copper Despite Court Shutdown

The President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, said on Thursday that he authorized a Canadian-owned mine, which was shut down by the courts in...

Panama Shuts Down Darién Gap Migration Route Amid U.S. Deportation Fears

The inhospitable jungle of the Darién, on the border between Colombia and Panama, has ceased to serve as a passage corridor for migrants seeking...

Guatemala To Build USAID-Funded Migrant Center Amid U.S. Deportation Push

Guatemala announced plans on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, to build a new center for deported migrants near its border with Mexico, a project funded...

Nicaragua’s Ortega Targets Another Rebel Icon with House Arrest

On Tuesday, opposition figures and exiled Nicaraguan media outlets reported that the government has confined former Sandinista commander Henry Ruiz, 81, to his home...

Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano Activity Ends After Dramatic Eruption and Evacuation

Guatemalan authorities evacuated around 1,000 people Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. By night, however, the eruption...
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Increased Activity at Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano Signals Possible Eruption

The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI) in Costa Rica warned of surging seismic and volcanic activity at Poás Volcano. Volcanologist Geoffroy Avard says current...

Honduran Generals Re-Imprisoned Over 2009 Coup Protest Killing

Two retired Honduran generals, Venancio Cervantes, 69, and Carlos Puerto, 63, were sent back to prison on Tuesday, March 18, following a judicial ruling...

Celebrate Earth Day in Costa Rica with a Sunset Hike on Irazú Volcano

On April 12, in celebration of World Earth Day, the Central Conservation Area (ACC) of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE), in collaboration...