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Breeze Airways will launch nonstop service between Tampa International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José on October 3, restoring a direct link that has been absent for more than 25 years. The route will operate twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Breeze will be the only airline serving it nonstop. …

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Online banking fraud in Costa Rica has surged over the past six years, with reports rising 1,446% between 2019 and 2025 and topping 10,000 cases for the first time last year, according to data from the Judicial Investigation Agency. The OIJ figures show complaints climbed from 656 in 2019 to 10,142 in 2025, or roughly …

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Venezuela beat the United States 3-2 on Tuesday night to win its first World Baseball Classic title, pulling ahead in the ninth inning after Team USA had tied the game late. The championship game was played at loanDepot park in Miami. The winning run came after Javier Sanoja moved into scoring position and Eugenio Suárez …

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Weather has played an outsized role in the opening days of this year’s Miami Open, forcing schedule changes and creating early complications for players, organizers, and fans. Rain washed out the tournament’s opening day of qualifying, pushing those matches into an already busy schedule and leaving the event to play catch-up almost immediately. Additional weather …

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Costa Rican authorities have confirmed the death of a missing U.S. tourist whose body was found in a river in a mountainous area of Nosara, Guanacaste, several days after he was last seen leaving for nearby Sámara. The Judicial Investigation Agency identified the man as Warren Francis Vogt, 75, an American visitor who had been …

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The Miami Open opened Tuesday with more than the start of another major hard-court event. Organizers designated March 17 as Women’s Empowerment Day, turning the opening day of women’s play into one of the featured themes of the tournament’s first week at Hard Rock Stadium. The Miami Open said the day was meant to celebrate …

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The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a constitutional reform to introduce life imprisonment for murderers, rapists, and terrorists. The measure, proposed by President Nayib Bukele, passed with near-unanimous support in the assembly dominated by his Nuevas Ideas party. It raises the maximum penalty from the current 60 years for these specific crimes. The change …

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Costa Rican authorities will launch a nationwide Holy Week operation aimed at protecting wildlife and national parks during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The enforcement effort, led by the National System of Conservation Areas and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, will run from March 28 to April 5 in protected …

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Former President Oscar Arias has warned that a security agreement with the United States violates Costa Rica’s Constitution. The National Liberation Party continues to question security agreements signed by several Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, with the United States. In recent hours, both former President Óscar Arias and PLN Secretary-General Miguel Guillén have made …

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Costa Rica is moving to speed up approval of financing for the long-delayed expansion of Route 1, as lawmakers push a fast-track procedure for a $770 million loan package tied to the San José–San Ramón corridor. The proposal, already approved unanimously by the Legislative Assembly’s budget committee, now heads to the full legislature, where supporters …

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