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Panama City is hosting the official inauguration of the Centroamérica Cuenta literary festival Tuesday night, as one of Central America’s most important cultural gatherings returns to the country for a second consecutive edition. The festival runs from May 18 to 23, with activities in Panama City and Colón focused on literature, journalism, migration, memory, identity …

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Costa Rica’s pineapple growers have formally asked the Central Bank to explain why the colón keeps strengthening against the dollar, a sign that pressure from the country’s export sector is moving from private grumbling into open confrontation as job losses begin to mount in the agricultural lowlands. The National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters, …

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Costa Rica’s regenerated forests are showing new signs of life, and researchers say the evidence can be heard. A new study led by researchers from ETH Zurich found that forests restored under Costa Rica’s Payment for Ecosystem Services program now sound far more like protected forests than cattle pastures. The team placed acoustic recorders at …

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A newly expanded five-lane bridge over the Corrogres River on the Lindora bypass is now fully open to traffic, as project officials say it will ease one of the busiest chokepoints between Santa Ana and Lindora west of our capital and which the government is holding up as a model for future infrastructure work. The …

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The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) forecasts that an acceleration of trade winds over the Caribbean will push humidity into Costa Rica today, triggering afternoon downpours and thunderstorms across most of the country. The Pacific coast and mountain areas will see the heaviest activity, while the Caribbean and Northern Zone start cloudy with scattered morning rain. …

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Costa Rica’s tourism closed 2025 with 2,689,278 international visitors arriving by air — a slim 1% gain over 2024 — but the figures mask a sharper theme: a fourth-quarter rebound that has carried into a record-shattering 2025–2026 high season at both major airports, according to a new analysis. The full-year result, confirmed by the Costa …

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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Works and Transportation will begin work Monday, May 18, on a new modular bridge across from Juan Santamaría International Airport, in a project aimed at strengthening one of the country’s busiest road corridors. The work will take place on Route 1 in the El Coyol–San José direction. MOPT said crews …

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Costa Rica’s clean electricity reputation is becoming part of a new technology pitch: power artificial intelligence with renewable energy. Our country generated 98.6 percent of its electricity from renewable sources in 2025, using hydropower, geothermal, wind, biomass and solar, according to ICE data verified by LSQA. ICE also says the national grid is expected to …

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Over the years of offering wildlife monitoring services using camera traps, I’ve had many projects come and go. Some last a few months, others last several years. No matter the length of the project, each one comes in two distinct phases, the first phase, the beginning, and the second phase, the rest. The beginning of …

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El Salvador received 473,000 international visitors in April, a 36 percent increase from the same month in 2025, according to figures from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The April total made it the strongest month so far in 2026. Visitor arrivals rose from 413,049 in January, to 402,581 in February, and 452,736 in March before …

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