Month: February 2025

Costa Rica may soon see a surge in affordable flights to neighboring Central American countries. The Legislative Assembly has approved a bill that would significantly reduce air departure fees for flights to destinations like Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. The initiative, which garnered support from 34 legislators, aims to make travel within the region …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the governments of Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba on Tuesday of being “enemies of humanity” and causing the migration crisis in the region. “These three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity and have created a migration crisis. If it weren’t for these three …

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In a groundbreaking achievement, Costa Rica has cemented its position as Latin America’s renewable energy champion, with an astounding 98% of its electricity generated from clean sources over the past five years. This remarkable feat, highlighted in CAF’s Economy and Development Report (RED) 2024, showcases how this small nation is redefining sustainable development in the …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeks cooperation on migration in Guatemala this Wednesday, where President Bernardo Arévalo hopes for support from the new U.S. administration to remain firm in power. On his first trip to Latin America as U.S. chief diplomat, Rubio meets Wednesday with Arévalo, with whom he dined Tuesday in Guatemala City’s …

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Recently, the Trump administration froze funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Its official purpose is to provide assistance to strategic and conflict countries, lead U.S. efforts to combat poverty and humanitarian crises, and contribute to the country’s trade interests by promoting economic growth in developing nations and facilitating their integration into global …

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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to imprison dangerous “criminals” from the United States and foreigners sent from the United States in his country’s mega-prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday. Bukele decided to “accept for deportation any illegal foreigner in the United States who is a criminal of any nationality,” such as those …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Costa Rica support on Tuesday to face “blackmail” from Chinese companies, before continuing his trip to Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s last allies. A country “deserves support” when facing “companies that are not secure, are backed by governments like China’s that likes to threaten, sabotage, use economic coercion to …

Read more “US Backs Costa Rica in Stand Against Chinese Tech Influence”

Competition is good, right? It is arguably what most drives the capitalist system. An open marketplace of goods and services, for the buyer to choose from. With competition, if you don’t like Product A, you’ve got Products B,C,D available, and may the best product win. When I lived near the beach and needed a ride, …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday, the third stop of his first foreign tour, seeking to curb Chinese influence in Latin America. Rubio began his trip in Panama, where he reported progress in his efforts to reduce Chinese influence around the strategic Panama Canal. Like Panama, Costa Rica is …

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Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that search for prey in aquatic environments. Almost every one of these species keeps a diurnal schedule. They’re up nice and early, gobbling down some aquatic organisms as the rising sun’s rays …

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