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After US signs immigration agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, what comes next?

The United States has signed immigration agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

How Costa Rica is affected by US aid

Over the last two years, $1.3 billion was earmarked for Central America for US official development aid, most of it to these three countries, according to AFP.

Opinion: Cutting Northern Triangle foreign assistance, a shot in the foot

This week, President Trump precipitously cut U.S. foreign assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. This is a mistake, plain and simple.

Costa Rica suffered through most violent year on record in 2016

The amount of deaths from homicides and traffic accidents rose again last year, breaking Costa Rican records for both categories.

Solís touts Costa Rica’s treatment of migrants, refugees

Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís spoke Monday at Washington D.C.'s Wilson Center about the country's growing role in hosting migrants and refugees.

Presidents Obama, Solís sign historic security donation for Costa Rica

Solís described the aid from the U.S. government as “the biggest assistance granted in the last 30 years” and a reflection of the good relations between the two countries.

President Solís to discuss migration, green energy with US Vice President Joe Biden

President Luis Guillermo Solís will meet Monday with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington D.C. to talk about security, migration and green energy.

Refugee program for Central Americans ‘still on the drawing board’: US official

Six months after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans to expand options for Central Americans fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries, those plans have yet to emerge.

Nearly 150,000 Central Americans expected to seek asylum this year

“People are fleeing,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, "They will not stop tomorrow or the next day.”

More Central Americans seek asylum in Costa Rica 

Nearly half of the 1,492 applications for asylum received so far this year are from El Salvador.

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