The US Secretary of State urged Central America to defend democracy and fight corruption to fight the root causes of the influx of migrants to the United States
Foreign Minister Manuel González announced Thursday that Costa Rica would rejoin the Central American Integration System, SICA, after a six month hiatus.
GUATEMALA CITY – It's time to leave the rhetoric aside, said Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís as he kicked off a four-day visit to Guatemala Thursday with a call for a "more substantive" Central America integration.
After more than a month at loggerheads over what to do with Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica en route to the U.S., Central American countries finally reached an agreement to allow them safe passage.
Central American negotiators on Tuesday failed at yet another attempt to find a solution to help Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica near its borders with Nicaragua and Panama.
A summit of Central American leaders in El Salvador on Friday failed to break a regional impasse over the fate of 5,000 U.S.-bound Cuban migrants blocked in Costa Rica for weeks. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís left the summit before its close without making a promised speech on the issue.
