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Ecuador, U.S. Deepen Ties With Refugee Deal and Base Talks

Ecuador is negotiating a new program with the United States to receive 300 people each year with refugee status in that country, provided they...

Turrialba Emerges as Costa Rica’s Birdwatching Hotspot

Costa Rica has become one of the world’s top destinations for birdwatchers, with 940 species identified, and the canton of Turrialba stands out for...

Costa Rica joins Regional Effort to Safeguard Ocean Resources

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador are developing a joint roadmap to curb the exploitation of oceans, focusing on the fight against illegal, unreported,...

USS Lake Erie Passage in Panama Canal Follows US Military Pressure on Venezuela

A US guided missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean Friday night, after the...

Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy Filing Puts Budget Travel to Costa Rica at Risk

Budget carrier Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection again on Friday, marking its second filing in less than a year. The Florida-based...

Hollywood Actress Anna Kendrick Marks Birthday with a Costa Rica Getaway

Hollywood actress Anna Kendrick chose Costa Rica for her 40th birthday celebration this month. The star, known for roles in films like Pitch Perfect...

Chiquita to Rehire Thousands of Banana Workers in Panama

Chiquita Brands, one of the world’s largest banana producers, will return to Panama and rehire thousands of employees after shutting down operations three months...

El Salvador Mothers Denounce Prolonged Gang Crackdown Detentions

Ana Mercedes García spends her nights praying for her son, a construction worker with no criminal record who has been held in pretrial detention...

Unique Costa Rica Tours Beyond Ziplines You Should Try

I remember a time when there were no canopy zipline tours in Costa Rica. The first one didn’t open until 1997, in the cloud...

Maduro Says There Is No Way the United States Will Invade Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro said Thursday that “there is no way” the United States will invade Venezuela and urged his citizens to enlist in the...
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Nicaraguan Brothers Die in Costa Rica Illegal Gold Mine Collapse

Rescue teams in Costa Rica pulled the bodies of two young Nicaraguan men from a deep tunnel in an illegal gold mine in Crucitas,...

Costa Rica halts most postal services to U.S. due to 15% import tax

Correos de Costa Rica announced the temporary suspension of several shipping services to the United States due to new tariff provisions implemented by the...

U.S. Strike Kills 11 ‘Narco-Terrorists’ in Caribbean, Pentagon Says

The deadly U.S. attack on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean is a "very clear" message from President Donald Trump to the cartels,...

Nicaragua’s Ortega Accuses U.S. of Using Drug War as Cover to Destabilize Region

The deployment of U.S. military ships in the Caribbean is an attempt to "overthrow Latin American governments," declared Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Tuesday,...