Month: March 2026

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba to withdraw its diplomatic staff from San José, while allowing consular services to continue for citizens who still need routine assistance. President Rodrigo Chaves announced the decision publicly and said his government does not recognize the legitimacy of Cuba’s communist system. Foreign Minister …

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President-elect Laura Fernández Delgado formally received her credentials from Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Tuesday morning, March 17, during a ceremony at the Francisco Sáenz Meza auditorium in the TSE building in San José. Francisco Ernesto Gamboa Soto and Douglas Soto Campos were also certified as first and second vice presidents-elect for the 2026-2030 …

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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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