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27 years later, CIA pilot tells of using secret Costa Rican airstrip to traffic guns, cocaine

They seemed like isolated events unfolding in the chaos of Central America in the 1980s. But now, the pieces of the puzzle are fitting together.

Reagan administration, CIA complicit in DEA agent’s murder, say former insiders

Former DEA El Paso boss: Agent Camarena had discovered the arms-for-drugs operation run on behalf of the Contras, aided by U.S. officials in the National Security Council and the CIA, and threatened to blow the whistle on the covert operation.

Doctors complicit in torture at CIA, military prisons: study

The Defense Department and the CIA demanded that the health care personnel "collaborate in intelligence gathering and security practices in a way that inflicted severe harm on detainees in U.S. custody."

Reports: CIA present during U.S. drug agent’s torture, murder

After the high-profile 1985 assassination, a CIA pilot helped Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero escape to Costa Rica, new reports claim.

U.S. ambassador in Costa Rica wraps up term this week

U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew finishes four years of service in Costa Rica on Friday. Recently, she sat down with The Tico Times to discuss her accomplishments and U.S. goals in the region.

Costa Rica, U.S. call for extradition law to fight organized crime

Following the dismantling of what U.S. authorities called the biggest money laundering operation in history, Costa Rica and the U.S. acknowledged they need more tools to fight organized crime in the Central American country.

U.S. supports clean energy initiatives in Costa Rica

Part of the U.S. strategy in Costa Rica is to help fund and promote development programs aimed at protecting the environment and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

U.S. donates $1.5 million to Costa Rica’s carbon neutrality mission

Costa Rica hopes to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021.

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