The embassy's donation will fund operations of the ministry's Air Surveillance Service – in particular, the special missions carried out using an aircraft seized from two drug smugglers.
The conservation agreement calls for more expeditious and severe punishment for people found guilty of trafficking endangered wildlife species, and greater exchange of conservation experts, students and researchers.
Rabbi Andrea Haney, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica S. Fitzgerald Haney, shares insights into her ongoing battle with breast cancer in the final days of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
